IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH OCTOBER 2011 / 27TH ASWINA 1933 WP(C).No. 27477 of 2011(H) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- DR.SUMAN.B.S., VETERINARY SURGEON, VETERINARY DISPENSARY, KALLIYOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.T.RAJASEKHARAN NAIR RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, VIKAS BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. 3. THE DISTRICT ANIMAL HUSBANDRY OFFICER, S.S.KOVIL ROAD, THAMBANOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. 4. DR.ANIL RAJ, VETERINARY SURGEON, VETERINARY DISPENSARY, MALAYADI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 571. BY SR.GOVT.PLEADER SRI.LIJU STEPHEN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/10/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: AV WPC.NO.27477/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER(S) EXHIBITS : EXHIBIT P1 : COPY OF THE REQUEST SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE KALLIYOOR GRAMA PANCHAYATH TO THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXHIBIT P2 : COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGE OF TRANSFER ORDER PASSED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXHIBIT P3 : COPY OF THE REPRESENTION DATED 14.10.2011 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE IST RESPONDENT. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS : NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A TO JUDGE AV K. SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------------ W.P(C) NO: 27477 OF 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th October, 2011. JUDGMENT The petitioner who is working as a Veterinary Surgeon in the Animal Husbandry Department has filed this writ petition challenging Ext.P2 order by which he has been transferred from Kalliyoor, Thiruvananthapuram to Malayadi. According to the petitioner, he had been transferred to the present station only on 14-9-2010. He has been working in the said station only from the above date. He contends that as the officer who is in charge of implementing various projects, he has started several projects in his present station, which are all in different stages of implementation. Therefore, if he is moved from the present station the projects would be adversely affected. Considering the above, the president of the Kalliyoor Grama Panchayat has submitted Ext.P1 request, on which no orders have been passed. The petitioner has also submitted Ext.P3 representation objecting to his transfer, which is pending before the first respondent. The further case of the petitioner is that he belongs to Thiruvananthapuram. His wife is working at Thiruvananthapuram and suffers from various diseases including a disease of the kidney. WPC 27477/2011 2 The present station to which he has been transferred is 63 kms. away and therefore, causes a lot of hardships and inconvenience to the petitioner and his family. Therefore, he seeks the issue of appropriate directions setting aside Ext.P2 in so far as it relates to him. 2. I have heard the learned Govt. Pleader also. 3. The learned Govt. Pleader assures that Ext.P3 would be considered by the first respondent and appropriate orders passed thereon, within a short period of time. 4. Since the petitioner has already represented against his transfer to the first respondent, which is under the consideration of the said authority, it is sufficient that the request of the petitioner is considered by the said authority. 5. This writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the first respondent to consider the request of the petitioner set out in Ext.P3 representation in accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders thereon as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after hearing the petitioner also. Sd/- K. SURENDRA MOHAN Judge jj P.S.to Judge WPC 27477/2011 3