IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 31ST AUGUST 2010 / 9TH BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 25841 of 2010(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- G.SREEKUMAR, U.D.CLERK, I.T.I PURAKKAD, THOTTAPPALLY PO, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADV. DR.K.P.SATHEESAN SRI.K.K.GOPINATHAN NAIR SRI.M.R.JAYAPRASAD SRI.P.MOHANDAS (ERNAKULAM) SRI.MATHEW SUNNY SRI.ANOOP.V.NAIR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY LABOUR & REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 001 2. THE DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF TRAINING INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT, THYCAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 001 3. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER DIRECTORATE OF TRAINING INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT, THYCAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 001 GOVT. PLEADER SRI. .T.K. ARAVINDA KUMAR BABU. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) No. 25841 of 2010 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 31st day of August, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as an Upper Division Clerk at I.T.I., Purakkad. He was appointed as a L.D. Clerk under the compassionate employment scheme of the Government. Along with the petitioner, 7 other persons were also appointed as L.D. Clerks under the same scheme. The Government directed that the seniority of these persons shall be on the basis of the date of their applications. According to the petitioner, going by the said norm, the petitioner should be serial no. 1. But the 2nd respondent has now published a provisional gradation list of U.D. Clerks, in which others were shown as seniors to the petitioner. The petitioner filed Ext. P4 objections. The petitioner's grievance is that without finalising the gradation list, promotions are being attempted to be made. It is under the said circumstances, the petitioner has filed this writ petition. However, the petitioner now submits that the 2nd respondent be directed to pass final orders regarding the seniority position considering Ext. P4 objections filed by the petitioner. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider Ext. P4 objections of the petitioner against the provisional gradation list and pass final orders on the same as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Any promotions made in the meanwhile would be subject to the decision to be taken pursuant to Ext. P4 objections, and, if, W.P.C. No. 25841/2010. -: 2 :- ultimately, the petitioner's contentions are accepted, promotions shall be revised accordingly. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/ [TRUE COPY] P.S TO JUDGE.