IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 22ND MARCH 2010 / 1ST CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 9229 of 2010(C) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- KANAKAMMA.D, W/O.GOPINATHA PILLAI, GOPIKA, KURUPPANKULANGARA.P.O, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, VICE PRINCIPAL, GOVT.SCHOOL OF NURSING, PANAMARAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.K.SAJEEV RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.ANTONY MUKKATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: JVT S. SIRI JAGAN, J ---------------------- W.P.(C.) No.9229 of 2010 --------------------------------- Dated this the 22nd day of March 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is presently working as the Vice-Principal, Govt. School of Nursing, at Panamaram in Wayanad District. According to the petitioner, she is qualified for promotion to the post of Principal. She would submit that 2 vacancies of Principal are due to arise at Alappuzha and Ernakulam by 31.3.2010 when the incumbents in those posts retire. The petitioner submits that she is the mother of mentally retarded female child with 75% disability. She submits that, that child requires constant personal attention of the petitioner. The petitioner therefore, seeks a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for promotion and a posting either at Alappuzha or Ernakulam. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 3. I am of opinion that even when there are no specific W.P.(C) No.9229 of 2010 -2- rules in that regard, a mother of a mentally retarded female child certainly deserves sympathy and consideration regarding appropriate posting so that she can attend to the child properly. That being so, I am of opinion that the petitioner's claim for promotion and posting at Alappuzha or Ernakulam is liable to be considered with the sympathy the petitioner deserves in the above circumstances. 3. Accordingly this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider the petitioner's claim for promotion to one of the vacancies at Ernakulam or Alappuzha and pass orders thereon as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Jvt