IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 19TH NOVEMBER 2010 / 28TH KARTHIKA 1932 WP(C).No. 25614 of 2010(B) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SREELAL.P.N., JUNIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR GRADE-II, PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, KUMARAPURAM, (COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, THRIKKUNNAPUZHA), ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.K.KARTHIKEYA PANICKER SMT.DAYA K. PANICKER RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, ALAPPUZHA. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. ANTONY MUKKATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) No. 25614 of 2010 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 19th day of November, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a Junior Health Inspector Grade II working in the Public Health Center, Kumarapuram pursuant to a district-wise selection by the Public Service Commission. District-wise seniority list is maintained in respect of the employees so recruited. According to the petitioner, he is not liable to be transferred from one district to another, because the seniority is district-wise. The petitioner was placed under suspension for some time. Now, the suspension was revoked by Ext. P3 order and by Ext. P2 order, the Government has directed that the petitioner be posted in a district other than Alappuzha. The petitioner challenges that order by which he has been directed to be posted outside Alappuzha on the ground that in view of the fact that his appointment was after a district-wise selection and his seniority is in the district-wise, the petitioner cannot be transferred outside the district. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 3. Simply because the appointment is district-wise and a district- wise seniority list is maintained, the Government is not prevented from transferring any employee outside the district on administrative exigencies. In fact, the Government permits inter-district transfers on request also subject to certain conditions. That being so, I am not satisfied that Ext. P2 order is liable to be interfered with, especially when the petitioner has been ordered to be reinstated and posted outside the district after suspension in view of the proceedings pursuant to the suspension. 4. The petitioner raises another contention that the petitioner has not been given a posting yet. Therefore, I directed the Government Pleader to get instructions on the same. Today, the learned Government Pleader submits that the petitioner has been W.P.C. No. 25614/2010 -: 2 :- posted at Primary Health Center, Devikulam. In view of the above circumstances, no interference is called for in the orders impugned and accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/ [TRUE COPY] P.S TO JUDGE.