IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 23RD NOVEMBER 2010 / 2ND AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 35062 of 2010(G) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- P.K.SIVADAS, ASSISTANT PROJECT OFFICER (P & M), POVERTY ALLEVIATION UNIT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. DR.K.P.SATHEESAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT (RD-EA) DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-1. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERATE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-33. R1 & R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. ANTONY MUKKATH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/11/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No.35062 of 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 23rd day of November, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as the Assistant Project Officer of DRDA, Ernakulam. He was placed under suspension, pursuant to a vigilance enquiry on 15.04.2005. He was later reinstated in service, by order dated 07.08.2006. According to the petitioner, after completing the investigation, the vigilance has found the petitioner innocent and filed a final report in the criminal case excluding the petitioner from the list of accused. Ext.P4 communication has been issued by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance & Anti-corruption Bureau to the petitioner informing him that, he is not an accused in the charge sheet. Enclosing Ext.P4, the petitioner has submitted Ext.P5 representation, before the 1st respondent, seeking regularisation of his period of suspension as duty for all purposes. For the present, the petitioner would be satisfied with a direction to the W.P.(C)No.35062 of 2010 -2- 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 in the light of Ext.P4. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5, taking into account Ext.P4 also, 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 petitioner. S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE shg/