IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI TUESDAY, THE 29TH JANUARY 2008 / 9TH MAGHA 1929 WP(C).No. 3006 of 2008(G) ------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------------- 1. K.MADHAVAN PILLAI, WATCHER, THIRUVALLAM DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. (RESIDING AT KRISHNAVILASAM, T.C 6/998, PADAYANI ROAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-13.) 2. V.S.ANILKUMAR, WATCHER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM VELLAYANI GROUP, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (RESIDING AT KODIVILAKATHU VEEDU, T.C.65/368, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-27) 3. R.VIJAYAN, KAZHAKAM, THRIVIKRAMANGALAM DEVASWOM, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (RESIDING AT MULLAVILAKATHU VEEDU, T.C.NO.18/1672, ANNOOR, THIRUMALA P.O. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADVS. SRI.K.KARTHIKEYA PANICKER SMT.DAYA K. PANICKER RESPONDENTS: ------------------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEVASWOM BUILDINGS, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, DEVASWOM BUILDIGS, NANTHANCODE,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.D.SREEKUMAR, SC, TDB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C).No.3006 of 2008 ------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of January, 2008. JUDGMENT The petitioners are employed in the Travancore Devaswom Board as Watcher and Scavenger. They aspire for appointment as L.D.Typist. According to them, there are posts, which are remaining vacant, on account of the delay on the part of the respondents in recruiting qualified hands and hence the petitioners have approached this court for a direction to the respondents to fill up the posts of L.D.Typist by promoting the petitioners from the select list. 2. Sri.D.Sreekumar, learned standing counsel for the Board submits that 22% of the vacancies of L.D.Typist are set apart for low paid employees of the Travancore Devaswom. A select list has been prepared and it has been despatched. The select list has been approved by the Board and it is pending enforcement. It is further submitted by the standing counsel that 22% of the posts, which are set apart for low paid employees, will be filled up only from among such employees and W.P.(C).NO.3006/08 :: 2 :: since a select list has been approved by the Board, it will be filled up only by enforcement of the said list. This submission is recorded. The writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to fill up the vacancies of L.D.Typist in the Travancore Devaswom Board in accordance with the Rules and this shall be done in the case of 22% posts from the low paid employees of the 1st respondent. The appointment shall effected only in accordance with the Rules and not otherwise. Sd/- (V.GIRI) JUDGE sk/ //true copy// P.S. To Judge