IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 5TH AGRAHAYANA 1930 WP(C).No. 34809 of 2008(R) ----------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- O.S.OMANA, ASSISTANT ENGINEER, L.S.G.D.SECTION, NATTIKA GRAMA PANCHAYAT, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. DR.K.P.SATHEESAN SRI.K.K.GOPINATHAN NAIR SRI.M.R.JAYAPRASAD SRI.P.MOHANDAS (ERNAKULAM) RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE SECRETARY, LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, IRRIGATION AND ADMINISTRATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT. ANU SIVARAMAN FOR R1 TO R4 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/11/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 34809 of 2008 ------------------------------- Dated this the 26th November, 2008. J U D G M E N T Heard Dr.K.P.Satheesan, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt.Anu Sivaraman, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner is presently working as Assistant Engineer in the L.S.G.D. Section of Nattika Grama Panchayat. She was an Assistant Engineer in the Water Resources Department before she was deployed to the Local Self Government Department. Her grievance is that though she has completed more than 5 years in the Local Self Government Department and is due to retire from service during January 2009, she has not been repatriated to the Water Resources Department. She relies on paragraph XIII of Ext.P1 Government order to seek repatriation to the parent department. The petitioner submits that seeking the said relief, she has submitted W.P.(C) No.34809 of 2008 2 Ext.P3 representation before the Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Administration, the third respondent in the writ petition. 3. Paragraph XIII of Ext.P1 Government Order indicates that the tenure of the deployed officers would be three years except when they get promoted in their parent cadre before the end of the said period. The petitioner has admittedly completed three years on deployment. Such being the situation, it is only desirable that a decision is taken on Ext.P3 at the earliest. In these circumstances, I dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction to the third respondent to consider Ext.P3 representation and pass orders thereon, within three weeks from the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE nj.