IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 27TH JULY 2010 / 5TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 23402 of 2010(A) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- AJITHA KUMARI.R.(U.P.S.A) PUTHALAM VEEDU, KANJAMPAZHINJI P.O, (VIA) POOVAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SMT.M.HEMALATHA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, OFFICE OF THE DIRECOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001 3. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, NEYYATTINKARA-695121 4. THE MANAGER, VICTORY VOCATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, OLATHANNI, NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -695121 5. THE PRINCIPAL, VICTORY VOCATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, OLATHANNI, NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695121 6. O.N.JUDY, JOY BHAVAN, NEAR CONVENT, NELLIMOODU-695524 GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.DILIP MOHAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. -------------------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO.23402 OF 2010 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of July, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is working as Upper Primary School Assistant in the fourth respondent's school. This Writ Petition has been filed mainly with a prayer to quash Exts.P3, P8, P9 and P10. The core contention of the petitioner is that both the petitioner and the sixth respondent were appointed in the year 1998 as Upper Primary School Assistants in the fourth respondent's school and the seniority of the petitioner was unsettled after more than a decade without notice to the petitioner. Consequently, the petitioner is facing the threat of retrenchment. According to the petitioner, the sixth respondent did not challenge her seniority at any point of time and now, based on Ext.P3 dated 1.3.2010, her seniority was unsettled without any notice to her and as on consequence her salary was withheld from the month of June, 2010. In fact, the petitioner came to know about the unsettling of her seniority only when she enquired about the reason for withholding her salary. Raising all such grievances and contentions, the petitioner has already approached the first respondent by filing Ext.P11. Considering the contentions that the seniority of the W.P.(C) NO.23402/2010 2 petitioner was unsettled without notice to her and she is facing retrenchment on account of the said action, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P11 submitted by the petitioner expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment with notice to the petitioner and respondents 4 and 6. (C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE) spc W.P.(C) NO.23402/2010 3 C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. W.P.(C). NO. /2010 JUDGMENT June, 2010 W.P.(C) NO.23402/2010 4