IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 1ST NOVEMBER 2010 / 10TH KARTHIKA 1932 WP(C).No. 33083 of 2010(I) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ 1. K.P.PRASAD, PHARMACIST GRADE II, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, MALIPPURAM. 2. S.K.SOBHA, PHARMACIST GRADE II, RAMAVARMA PALACE DISPENSARY, TRIPUNITHURA. 3. C.N.CHANDRAN, PHARMACIST GRADE II, TALUK HEADQUARTERS HOSPITAL, MUVATTUPUZHA. 4. BABY PAUL, PHARMACIST GRADE II, PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, MALAYATTUR. BY ADVS. SRI.K.JAJU BABU, SMT.M.U.VIJAYALAKSHMI, SRI.BRIJESH MOHAN, SMT.DHANYA CHANDRAN. RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM- 695 001. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, TRIVANDRUM- 695 001. R1 & R2 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. ANTONY MUKKATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No. 33083 of 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 1st day of November, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioners are Pharmacists Grade II, recruitment to which post is district-wise. Petitioners' grievance in this writ petition is that, contrary to the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sudhakaran v. State of Kerala [2006 (2) KLT 817 (SC)], persons who have come to the petitioners' district by inter-district transfer subsequent to the petitioners' joining the District, have been given seniority over the petitioners, which is illegal and unsustainable. Petitioners therefore have filed Exts.P4 to P7 representations before the 1st respondent raising their grievances regarding seniority. Petitioners seek a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 to P7 as expeditiously as possible. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this W.P.(C)No. 33083 of 2010 -2- writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 to P7 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioners as well as those persons over whom the petitioners seek seniority. S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE shg/