IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN THURSDAY, THE 4TH DECEMBER 2008 / 13TH AGRAHAYANA 1930 WP(C).No. 35480 of 2008(W) ----------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- RAJANISH VIKRAM.R, S/O.VIKRAMAN NAIR, KVRA-57, SUDARSAN, BARTON HILL ROAD,KUNNUKUZHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.R.RAJESH SMT. A.K.PREETA RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. KERALA HEALTH RESEARCH AND WELFARE SOCIETY(KHRWS),REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA HEALTH RESEARCH AND WELFARE SOCIETY (KHRWS), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE REGIONAL ENGINEER, KERALA HEALTH RESEARCH AND WELFARE SOCIETY (KHRWS), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.M.AJAY,SC,KERALA HEALTH RESEARCH& WELFARE SOCIETY FOR RESPONDENTS THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/12/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ====================================== W.P.(C)No. 35480 of 2008 ====================================== Dated this the 4th day of December 2008 JUDGMENT Heard Sri.M.R.Rajesh, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri.M.Ajay, the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner is a graduate in Sociology. He is also qualified in Computer Operations. He was temporarily appointed by Ext.P1 order dated 21.1.2002 as Cashier cum Computer Operator in the Advanced Clinical and Research Laboratory attached to the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram on daily wages. The petitioner continued there as Cashier cum Typist till 24.6.2008, when his services were terminated by the second respondent. The petitioner has in Ext.P8 representation dated 11.7.2008 addressed to the second respondent, pointed out that he has to look after his aged parents who are unemployed and also his divorced sister and that for the past six years he has been maintaining them with the income that he earned as Cashier cum Computer Operator and that on compassionate grounds, taking note of his past service, he may be re-employed in the Kerala Health Research and Welfare Society. The petitioner contends that though the services of eight others including him were terminated on 24.5.2008, six out of them have been re- employed and that he alone has been denied re-employment. In W.P.(C)No.35480 of 2008 2 this Writ Petition, the petitioner inter alia prays for a direction to the second respondent to consider Ext.P8 representation and pass orders thereon, taking note of the fact that vacancies in which the petitioner can be accommodated exist in the Medical College Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram. 3. When this writ petition came up for hearing today, Sri.M.Ajay, the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents submitted that the second respondent will consider the request made by the petitioner in Ext.P8 sympathetically, subject to availability of vacancies and the financial condition of the first respondent Society. The learned counsel also submitted that a decision in the matter will be taken within one month from today. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction to the second respondent to consider the request made by the petitioner in Ext.P8 on compassionate grounds and take a decision thereon within one month from today. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE css/