IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 14TH MARCH 2011 / 23RD PHALGUNA 1932 WP(C).No. 7836 of 2011(D) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- T.N. SREELAL, AGED 36 YEARS S/O. LATE K. THAMPAN, NEDUTHARAYIL, MUTTOM.P.O, HARIPAD, WORKING AS JUNIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR GRADE-II, PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MANKULAM, IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.S.SHANAVAS KHAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE SECRETARY, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695 001. 2. THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES (PH), DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH SERVICES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695 001. 3. THE DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, IDUKKI, PIN – 685 602. 4. THE MEDICAL OFFICER, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, THRIKKUNNAPPUZHA, HARIPAD, ALAPPUZHA, PIN – 690 514. 5. THE MEDICAL OFFICER, PUBLIC HELATH CENTRE, KUMARAPURAM, HARIPAD, ALAPPUZHA, PIN – 690 514. R1 TO R5 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. ANTONY MUKKATH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/03/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No. 7836 of 2011 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 14th day of March, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a Junior Health Inspector Grade-II in the Health Services Department of the Government of Kerala. He has been suspended from service on certain allegations of misconduct on 28.01.2010. The suspension was cancelled and he was permitted to join duty on 28.07.2010. But the petitioner was allowed to join duty only on 15.11.2010. The petitioner's grievance in this writ petition is that the petitioner has not been paid subsistence allowance for the period when the petitioner was kept under suspension and the salary for the period from 28.07.2010 to 15.11.2010 and after joining on 15.11.2010 also. In the above circumstances the petitioner has filed Ext.P4 representation seeking the said benefits before the 1st respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 as expeditiously as possible. W.P.(C)No. 7836 of 2011 -2- Having heard the learned Government Pleader also, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. Sd/- S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE //True copy// P.A. TO JUDGE shg/