IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 9TH JANUARY 2009 / 19TH POUSHA 1930 WP(C).No. 992 of 2009(R) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- K.BHASKARAN, AMIN,MUNSIFF COURT, KANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.P.M.PAREETH SRI.MOHAMMED SHAMEEL RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. DISTRICT JUDGE, THALASSERY. 2. PRINCIPAL MUNSIFF KANNUR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.ANU SIVARAMAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/01/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No. 992 of 2009-R - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 9th day of January, 2009. JUDGMENT The petitioner is working as Amin in the Munsiff's Court, Kannur. He joined duty as Peon at Munsiff's Court, Thalassery on 11.1.1995. He belongs to a Scheduled Caste. According to him, he has been overlooked for promotion to the post of Amin. The petitioner has got a grievance that his junior Shri Raghavan Kodiyath was earlier promoted and he had moved for stepping up of his pay. According to him, the said person is serial No.7 in the advice list, whereas the petitioner is serial No.6. There was a vacancy of Amin in Kannur District in June, 1998 and according to him, he was entitled to be promoted to the said post. The petitioner complains that overlooking his seniority, his juniors have been appointed. 2. The petitioner has filed Ext.P5, P6 and P7 representations before the first respondent. It is pointed out that so far no action has been taken on the said representations. Therefore, there will be a direction to the first respondent to consider and pass orders on the said representations, if they have been received and still pending, in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. WPC 992/2009 2 Before passing orders on the representations, the first respondent may issue notice to any other affected parties, if required. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/