IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 19TH JULY 2010 / 28TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 17599 of 2010(Y) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- DR.ANIL DETH K., CONSULTANT IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, GENERAL HOSPITAL, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.S.KRISHNAMOORTHY. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, GENERAL HOSPITAL JUNCTION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DR.LATHA DEVI .T., CONSULTANT IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, GENERAL HOSPITAL, ALAPPUZHA. R1 & R2 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. ANTONY MUKATH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. ANTONY DOMINIC, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 17599 OF 2010 -------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of July, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a Civil Surgeon and a Consultant in the specialty category of Opthalmology. His grievance is that his options for posting at Taluk Headquarters Hospital, Mavelikkara, Taluk Headquarters hospital, Cherthala and General Hospital, Alappuzha were overlooked and that his juniors have been posted in these places. It is the specific case of the petitioner that the third respondent, who is at serial No.33 in the seniority list, was posted at General Hospital, Alappuzha whereas the petitioner is at serial No.22 in the seniority list. 2. The learned Government Pleaders on instructions submit that initially though the third respondent, who is junior to the petitioner, was posted at Alappuzha, that mistake was corrected and the person at serial No.19 of the seniority list has been subsequently posted in his place. In so far as Taluk Headquarters Hospital at Mavellikara and Cherthala are concerned, the learned Government Pleader submits that persons senior to the petitioner who are placed at serial Nos. 8 and 20 of the seniority list are WPC No.17599/2010 2 posted at that place. Therefore, the persons posted at the stations opted by the petitioner are all seniors to him and if that be so, the petitioner can have no valid grievances against such postings. The writ petition fails and is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC (JUDGE) vps WPC No.17599/2010 3 WPC No.17599/2010 4