IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN MONDAY, THE 30TH MARCH 2009 / 9TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 8934 of 2009(J) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- SEEMA, D/O. CHERUPUSHPAM, SEEMA SADANAM, PADAPPAKARA, MULAVANA, KOLLAM. BY ADVS. MR.V.E.ABDUL GAFOOR, MR.A.MOHAMMED SAVAD. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY DISTRICT COLECTOR, KOLLAM. 2. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, KOLLAM. 3. DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER, KOLLAM. 4. ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, KOLLAM. 5. HEAD MASTER, GOVERNMENT U.P SCHOOL, PANAYIL, KOLLAM. R1 TO R5 BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER MR. A.J. VARGHESE. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/03/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. P.N.Ravindran, J. ================== W.P.(C) No.8934 of 2009 ===================== Dated this the 30th day of March, 2009. JUDGMENT Heard Sri. V.E. Abdul Gafoor, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri. A.J.Varghese, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner's husband late Sajan Willington was a PD Teacher in Government Upper Primary School, Panayil, Kollam District. He passed away on 26.4.2005. The petitioner thereupon moved the Government seeking employment under the dying-in-harness scheme. This Writ Petition is filed aggrieved by the delay on the part of the Government in taking a decision on the application submitted by the petitioner for employment assistance under the dying-in-harness scheme. 3. The learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submitted that the Government have issued G.O.(MS) No.28/09/G.Edn. dated 27.2.2009 accepting the petitioner's application and accorded sanction for her appointment as Lower Division Clerk in the scale of pay of Rs.5250-8390 in Education Department in Alappuzha District, subject to verification of her age, educational qualification, character and antecedents and medical fitness. The Government have also directed the Director of Public Instruction to take follow up action in the matter and have also ordered that the Director of Public Instruction will issue orders WP(C) 8934/09 -: 2 :- based on seniority of the petitioner to be determined on the basis of the date of application submitted by her. In view of the fact that the Government have accepted the petitioner's request in G.O.(MS) No.28/09/G.Edn. dated 27.2.2009, the petitioner cannot have any subsisting grievance. The Writ Petition is accordingly closed as infructuous. P.N.Ravindran, Judge. ess