IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.K.DENESAN FRIDAY, THE 19TH JANUARY 2007 / 29TH PAUSHA 1928 WP(C).No. 33882 of 2006(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ R. PUSHPA, W/O.SABARIMUTHU, PART-TIME SWEEPER ON DAILY WAGES, GOVT.REST HOUSE, MANNARKKAD, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.N.SUGATHAN SMT.VARSHA BHASKAR RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTSMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (BUILDINGS), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, P.W.D.BUILDINGS DIVISION, PALAKKAD. 4. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, BUILDINGS SECTION, P.W.D., MANNARKKAD, PALAKKAD. BY GOVT. PLEADER SHRI. BIJOY CHANDRAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/01/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.K. DENESAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) No.33882 OF 2006 H = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 19th January, 2007 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as Part-time Sweeper on daily wages. She has filed application for regularisation of her service and for pay and allowances at the rate applicable to regular employees in terms of the Government Orders on the subject. Facts necessary for consideration of the claim of the petitioner have been stated by her in Ext. P4 representation filed before the 1st respondent. The Executive Engineer (Respondent No. 3) as per Ext. P3 has written to the Superintending Engineer about the need for having one more post of Part-time Sweeper in the P.W.D. Building Section. 2. Government is the competent authority to create or sanction posts of Part-time Sweepers and also to pass orders regularising the service of the incumbents working in the various government departments as per Govt. Order dated 25-11-2005. It is, therefore, only just and proper that Ext. P4 representation filed by the petitioner is taken up for WPC No.33882 /2006 -2- consideration along with Ext. P3 letter and other particulars furnished by the subordinate engineers. Government shall pass orders on Ext. P4 in accordance with law within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment along with the copy of the writ petition. Until orders are passed on Ext. P4, status quo as it obtains today shall continue, as far as the petitioner is concerned. The writ petition is disposed of as above. K.K. DENESAN JUDGE jan/