IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC THURSDAY, THE 5TH AUGUST 2010 / 14TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24527 of 2010(M) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------------- 1. SANALKUMAR B.S, AGED 45 YEARS, S/O.BHASKARAN,AISWARYA, VENGANOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, WORKING AS SUB ENGINEER KSEB ELECTRICAL SECTION OFFICE, MANAKKAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. SREEKUMAR T.K, AGED 46 YEARS,S/O.KUNJAN THOTTARA HOUSE, KADAVANTHRA PO,ERNAKULAM, WORKING AS SUB ENGINEER,(ELECTRICAL) KSEB ELECTRICAL SECTION ,PALARIVATTOM, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.JOSE J.MATHAIKAL RESPONDENT(S): ----------------------- 1. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (HRM) KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDYUTHI BHAVAN PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695004. 2. THE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDYUTHI BHAVAN PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY-695004. SRI.K.S.ANIL, SC, KSEB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/08/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ================ W.P.(C) NO. 24527 OF 2010 (M) ===================== Dated this the 5th day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioners are Sub Engineers in the Kerala State Electricity Board. 2. According to the petitioners, in terms of Ext.P2, an Overseer on completion of 5 years is eligible to be promoted to the post of Sub Engineer. It is stated that though they had completed five years on 14.11.2004, it was by Ext.P3 dated 3/8/06 that the petitioners were promoted to the post of Sub Engineer w.e.f. 27/4/05 and 20/1/2005 respectively. The claim now raised is that because of the belated promotions given, their further promotions to the post of Assistant Engineer is delayed. Petitioners contend that they became Overseers on 15/11/99, and therefore, they should have been promoted in November 2004 as Sub Engineers, and on that basis, their claim for further promotion to the post of Assistant Engineer should be considered. 3. In my view, this claim raised by the petitioners is highly belated. If as contended by the petitioners, they were eligible for promotion to the post of Sub Engineers and that the WPC No. 24527/10 :2 : promotion given to them in 2005 was belated, that grievance of the petitioners ought to have been raised and agitated at that point of time, and not at this distance of time, after a lapse of more than 5 years. For this reason, the claim is highly belated and I am not inclined to direct consideration of the representations either. Writ petition fails and is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE Rp