IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN MONDAY, THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 15TH BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 18798 of 2010(Y) PETITIONER: DR.SUMA DIVAKAR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SENIOR SCALE), DEPARTMENT OF HOME SCIENCE, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, VELLAYANI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, RESIDING AT A19,SUNNY'S. CPGP LANE, SASTHAMANGALAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-10. BY ADV. SRI.GOPAKUMAR R.THALIYAL SRI.N.P.PRAJEESH RESPONDENTS: 1. KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR, VELLANIKKARA, THRISSUR-680 656. 2. THE REGISTRAR, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, VELLANIKKARA, THRISSUR-680656. 3. THE DEAN, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, VELLAYANI, THIRUVANANTHAPRUAM -22. ADV. SRI.K.P.MUJEEB, SC, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 06/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 15.10.2005. EXT.P2 TRUE COPY OF THE CIRCULAR DATED 23.5.2007. EXT.P3 TRUE COPY OF THE CIRCULAR DATED 6.6.2007. EXT.P4 TRUE COPY OF THE COVERING LETTER DATED 25.6.2007. EXT.P5 TRUE COPY OF THE REMINDER DATED 11.10.2007. EXT.P6 TRUE COPY OF THE COVERING LETTER DATED 12.11.2008. EXT.P7 TRUE COPY OF THE COVERING LETTER DATED 30.12.2009. EXT.P8 TRUE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DATED 6.1.2010. EXT.P9 TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 19.2.2010 ALONG WITH THE COVERING LETTER DATED 20.2.2010. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: ANNEXURE A1 TRUE COPY OF PROFORMA FOR SCREENING DATED 6.4.2010. //TRUE COPY// AHZ/ K.T.SANKARAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------ W.P.(C). NO. 18798 OF 2010Y ------------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 6th day of September, 2010 JUDGMENT The main relief prayed for by the petitioner is to issue a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 and 2 to consider the request of the petitioner for promotion as Associate Professor in the Department of Home Science pursuant to the application submitted by her in 2007. 2. On behalf of the first respondent, a statement is filed, in which, it is stated that the Selection Committee constituted as per UGC guidelines for screening the applications of teachers for promotions under Career Advancement Promotion had considered the application of the petitioner. But the Selection Committee did not recommend the petitioner to the post of Associate Professor for want of quality publication as prescribed by Kerala Agricultural University. The decision was taken on 6.4.2010. In the light of the averments made in the statement, the main W.P.(C) NO.18798 OF 2010 Y :: 2 :: grievance of the petitioner in the Writ Petition vanishes. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the decision, she has to resort to the legal remedies available to her. Reserving such right and leaving open all the contentions of the petitioner on the merits of the case, the Writ Petition is closed. (K.T.SANKARAN) Judge ahz/