IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH AUGUST 2009 / 4TH BHADRA 1931 WP(C).No. 24489 of 2009(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- THE MANAGER, M.T.M.HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, PAMPAKUDA, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY MR.KURIAN GEORGE KANNANTHANAM, SENIOR ADVOCATE. MR.TONY GEORGE KANNANTHANAM, ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVT.SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE JIONT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, MUVATTUPUZHA. BY MR. A.J. VARGHESE, SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.24489 OF 2009 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 26th day of August, 2009. J U D G M E N T The main prayer in the writ petition is for a direction to the 1st respondent to take a decision on Exhibit P1 revision petition within a time frame. 2. The petitioner is the Manager of an aided Higher Secondary School. For the purpose of staff fixation for the year 2008-09, the District Educational Officer conducted physical verification of student strength and as per his report, the school was entitled to have one additional division in standard V and two additional divisions in standard VII. Since the same requires Higher Level verification, the matter went to the Deputy Director of Education and the verification was conducted only on 27.11.2008. 3. The Deputy Director did not recommend the additional divisions as per the District Educational Officer's report. Even though the petitioner filed an appeal before the Director of Public W.P.(C) No.24489/2009 2 Instruction, that was rejected. It is in this circumstance, the petitioner has filed a revision petition challenging the order passed by the Director of Public Instruction. There will be a direction to the 1st respondent to take a decision on Exhibit P1, after hearing the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp