IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN SATURDAY, THE 23RD MAY 2009 / 2ND JYAISHTA 1931 WP(C).No. 10758 of 2009(L) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- K.P.BALACHANDRAN NAIR, S/O.VASUDEVAN NAIR, HOUSE NUMBER 308, CHIRAKONAM LANE, PEYAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 523, JUNIOR OFICER NFDC. BY ADV. MR.C.M.STEPHEN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, GOVT. OF INDIA, "A" WING, SASTHRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI. 2. THE NATIONAL FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD., (A GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE) REP. BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, DISCOVERY OF INDIA, NEHRU CENTRE, DR.A. BESANT ROAD, WORLI, MUMBAI-400 016. 3. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, NATIONAL FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BHAVANI MANSION NO.III, IVTH STREET, N.H.ROAD, CHENNAI. 4. P.P. MATH, REGIONAL MANAGER AND MANAGER IN CHARGE, NATIONAL FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 BY ADV. SMT.D.P.RENU,CGC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/05/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Rs/ P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P.(C) No. 10758 of 2009 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this the 23rd day of May, 2009 JUDGMENT The petitioner, an Officer of the National Film Development Corporation Limited, who has been transferred from Mumbai to Trivandrum has filed this writ petition challenging Ext.P7 memo dated 2-3-2009 calling upon him to show cause why disciplinary action shout not be taken against him for unauthorized absence. 2. Ext.P7 is only a memo calling upon the petitioner to show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against him. The petitioner does not question the competence of the officer who has issued Ext.P7 memo, to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him. Therefore, Ext.P7 cannot be said to be a memo issued by an incompetent person. In these circumstances , I find no merit in the challenge to Ext.P7. The writ petition fails and is dismissed without prejudice the right of the petitioner to reply Ext.P7 and to defend the disciplinary proceedings, if any, initiated against him. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. mn.