IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 20TH APRIL 2010 / 30TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 13273 of 2010(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- P.SUKUMARAN, FORESTER, WALAYAR RANGE, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.AUGUSTINE JOSEPH SRI.K.S.ROCKEY RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE CONSERVATOR OF FOREST, EASTERN CIRCLE, OLAVAKODE, PALAKKAD. 2. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, PALAKKAD. 3. ASOKAN.P, FORESTER, WALAYAR RANGE, PALAKKAD. BY G.P. SRI.MOHAMMED HASHIM THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/04/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------ W.P.(C)No. 13273 OF 2010 ------------------------ Dated this the 20th day of April, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner, who is presently working as Forester in Walayar Range, has filed this writ petition challenging Ext.P5 order transferring the third respondent from Walayar Range to Ottappalam Range. It is contended that the petitioner ought to have been transferred to Ottappalam Range in preference to the third respondent. 2. The pleadings disclose that the petitioner has submitted Ext.P3 representation before the first respondent seeking transfer to Ottappalam Range. The question whether the petitioner can be accommodated in Ottappalam Range is primarily a matter for the first respondent to decide. I accordingly dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to consider the request made by the petitioner in Ext.P3 representation and take a decision thereon expeditiously and in any event within two WPC NO. 13273/2010 -2- months from the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment before him. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. dpk