{"id":133175,"date":"2009-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-retnam-s-vs-district-medical-officer-of-on-14-december-2009"},"modified":"2017-02-11T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T09:51:37","slug":"dr-retnam-s-vs-district-medical-officer-of-on-14-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-retnam-s-vs-district-medical-officer-of-on-14-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Retnam.S vs District Medical Officer Of &#8230; on 14 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr. Retnam.S vs District Medical Officer Of &#8230; on 14 December, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 35267 of 2009(C)\n\n\n1. DR. RETNAM.S\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES\n\n3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n\n4. THE SUPERINTENDENT\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.N.VIMALAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :14\/12\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                         ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                --------------------------------------------------\n                   W.P.(C) NO.35267 OF 2009 (C)\n                --------------------------------------------------\n          Dated this the 14th day of December, 2009\n\n                             J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>       Petitioner is a Civil Surgeon working in the Taluk Head<\/p>\n<p>Quarters Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Her main request is that<\/p>\n<p>she should be relieved of casualty duty, having regard to her<\/p>\n<p>seniority and health. A request made in this behalf is pending<\/p>\n<p>before the first respondent and she seeks an order for its<\/p>\n<p>consideration.\n<\/p>\n<p>       2. If as stated by the petitioner, Ext.P4 is pending before the<\/p>\n<p>first respondent, there is no reason why the first respondent shall<\/p>\n<p>not consider the same.\n<\/p>\n<p>       Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first<\/p>\n<p>respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 as expeditiously<\/p>\n<p>as possible and at any rate within 3 weeks from the date of<\/p>\n<p>production of a copy of the judgment along with a copy of this<\/p>\n<p>writ petition.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                               (ANTONY DOMINIC)<br \/>\n                                                        JUDGE<br \/>\nvi\/<\/p>\n<p>WPC.No. \/09<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">               :2 :<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Dr. Retnam.S vs District Medical Officer Of &#8230; on 14 December, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 35267 of 2009(C) 1. DR. RETNAM.S &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH &#8230; Respondent 2. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE 4. 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