IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.K.DENESAN WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST JANUARY 2007 / 11TH MAGHA 1928 WP(C).No. 1817 of 2007(N) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ CRICENTINA K.G., W/O.VINCENT P.A., AGED 36 YEARS, PERINCHERY HOUSE, PANANGAD P.O., COCHIN, WORKING AS STAFF NURSE, SAT HOSPITAL, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.INNOCENT FRANCIS PAPALI SRI.I.T.GEORGE RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM. BY GOVT. PLEADER MR. BIJOY CHANDRAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/01/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.K. DENESAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) No. 1817 OF 2007 N = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 31st January, 2007 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as a Staff Nurse in the S.A.T. Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. She filed Ext. P5 application for transfer requesting to post her somewhere near Ernakulam. The facts and circumstances which compelled her to file Ext. P5 application are stated in that application and I do not consider it necessary to reproduce those facts herein especially for the reason that the request made by the petitioner is one requiring attention by the respondents concerned. It would appear that the Government has been informed of the request made by the petitioner and as per Ext. P8 letter dated 14-2-2006 the District Collector, Ernakulam was directed to furnish a report about the scope of considering the case of the petitioner on compassionate grounds. 2. Govt. Pleader, on instruction, submits that the matter is under the consideration of the Government and some time may be granted for passing final orders. 3. In the circumstances, the 1st respondent is WPC No. 1817/2007 -2- directed to consider the request made by the petitioner having regard to all relevant aspects and to take appropriate decision as expeditiously as possible, in any event, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. The petitioner shall produce a copy of the judgment along with a copy of the writ petition before the 1st respondent for information and compliance. K.K. DENESAN JUDGE jan/