IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 7TH JUNE 2011 / 17TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 15219 of 2011(B) --------------------------------------- PETITIONERS: --------------------- 1. KERALA STATE S L R WORKERS FRONT, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY SRI.K.R.ARAVINDAKSHAN, AMPATTUKUNNEL HOUSE, P V I P QUARTERS, CHELADU P.O., KOTHAMANGALAM. 2. T.VALSALAN, S L R WORKER, KERALA HIGHWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KARIAVATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. M.K.BABU, S L R WORKER, MINOR IRRIGATION SECTION, DEPARTMENT OF IRRIGATION, MOOVATTUPUZHA. BY ADVS. SRI.ASOK M.CHERIAN, SRI.SANTHOSH G. PRABHU, SRI.S.KANNAN NAIR. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS (B) DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. 2. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. 3. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. R1 TO R3 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. SANDESH RAJA. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/06/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. S. SIRI JAGAN, J --------------------------------------- WP(C) No.15219 of 2011 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 7th day of June, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioners are SLR workers. Although they are being paid salary equivalent to last grade employees in State service, they are not actually recognized as last grade employees of the State Government. Consequently, when the salary of the last grade employees of the State were revised, that of the SLR workers were not revised. In above circumstances, the first petitioner representing the SLR workers has filed Ext. P3 representation, before the first respondent seeking pay revision benefits to SLR workers also. The petitioners seek a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P3 expeditiously. Having heard the learned Government pleader also, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P3, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within three WP(C) No.15219 of 2011 -: 2 :- months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment after affording an opportunity of being heard to the 1st petitioner. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE. smvd WP(C) No.15219 of 2011 -: 3 :-