IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC THURSDAY, THE 23RD AUGUST 2007 / 1ST BHADRA 1929 WP(C).No. 23998 of 2007(F) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------ P.AKBARSHA, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT, VIGILANCE DIRECTORATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HOME AND VIGILANCE DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR, VIGILANCE AND ANTI CORRUPTION BUREAU, OFFICE OF THE VIGILANCE AND ANTI CORRUPTION BUREAU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. BIJOY CHANDRAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/08/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) No. 23998 OF 2007 F = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 23rd August, 2007 J U D G M E N T Petitioner aspires for promotion to the post of Administrative Assistant. Ext. P1 is the select list for promotion to the post of Manager in the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau and pursuant to Ext. P2 order one Shri. V.S. Sankaran Potty was promoted as Administrative Assistant. Ext. P4 is an order issued by the 2nd respondent which proposes that posting orders may be issued to Sankaran Potty as Manager and the petitioner, who is a Senior Superintendent as Administrative Assistant in the consequential vacancy. The complaint of the petitioner is that consequent to Ext. P4, orders have not been issued posting the petitioner as Administrative Assistant. 2. The complaint is genuine and in view of Ext. P4 the petitioner is entitled to be posted as Administrative Assistant. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to post the petitioner as Administrative Assistant pursuant to Ext. W.P.(C) No. 23998 OF 2007 2 P4 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of 4 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE jan/-