IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN FRIDAY, THE 15TH OCTOBER 2010 / 23RD ASWINA 1932 WP(C).No. 29280 of 2010(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- VIMALA JOHN, S/O.V.JOHN,AGED 53 YEARS, PRINCIPAL, OUR LADY'S TEACHER,TRAINING INSTITUTE, PALLURUTHY,THOPPUMPADY,KOCHI-5. BY ADV. SRI.P.A.CHANDRAN RESPONDENT(S): ----------------------- 1. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT GENERAL(AUDIT) KERALA, OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT GENERAL (AUDIT),KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.NISHA BOSE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/10/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. --------------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.29280 of 2010 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 15th day of October, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is now working as Principal of Our Lady's Teacher Training Institute, Palluruthy. As per Exhibit P3 dated 6.1.2010, the District Educational Officer sent a copy of the report on the Local Audit of the Accounts and Registers for 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 to the petitioner requesting her to furnish reply to the audit objection. To the audit objections, the petitioner sent Exhibit P4 reply dated 8.3.2010 to the District Educational Officer. 2. The reliefs prayed for by the petitioner are the following : “(i) issue a writ of mandamus, certiorari or any other direction or order to call for the records to satisfy the propriety and legality of Exhibit P3 audit objection and after hearing, to quash the same; and (ii) grant such other reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the interest of justice.” WPC No.29280/2010 2 3. The learned Government Pleader submitted that the District Educational Officer has forwarded Exhibit P4 to the Office of the Accountant General (Audit) and that the reply to the audit objection will be duly considered by the second respondent. 4. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the second respondent to consider Exhibit P4 reply submitted by the petitioner to Exhibit P3 audit objections, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. Till Exhibit P4 is disposed of by the second respondent, no recovery as indicated in Exhibit P3 shall be made from the petitioner. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. K.T.SANKARAN JUDGE csl