IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD MARCH 2011 / 2ND CHAITHRA 1933 WP(C).No. 9186 of 2011(W) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- G.SUDHAKARAN, S/O. N.GOVINDAN PILLAI, AGED 48 YEARS, DRAFTSMAN GRADE I, SEWERAGE SECTION, KERALA WATER AUTHORITY, SASTHAMANGALAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.V.A.MUHAMMED SRI.K.E.HAMZA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001. 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA WATER AUTHORITY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001. 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, KERALA WATER AUTHORITY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001. ADVS.MR. ANTONY MUKKATH - GOVT. PLEADER. MR. C. UNNIKRISHNAN - SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/03/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ----------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 9186 OF 2011 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of March, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a Draftsman Gr.I in the Kerala Water Authority. He has certain grievances regarding seniority and promotion. He has aired his grievances in Ext.P8 representation before the 1st respondent. For the present, the petitioner would be satisfied with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P8 expeditiously. Having heard the learned Government Pleader and the learned Standing Counsel for the Kerala Water Authority also, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P8, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner and a representative of respondents 2 and 3, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd