IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 11TH APRIL 2011 / 21ST CHAITHRA 1933 WP(C).No. 5791 of 2011(Y) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- REVENUE DEPARTMENT STAFF WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REGN.NO.80/2009), KIZHAKKE PULLATTU, ARPOOKKARA EAST PO, KOTTAYAM 686008,REP.BY ITS VICE PRESIDENT,K.NALINAKSHAN,S/O.KUNHIRAMAN, THANNIYOOR MEENATHATHAIL, THENGAKKAL PO, VANDIPERIYAR PIN 685583,IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.CHANDRASEKHAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695001. 2. THE COMMISSIONER FOR LAND REVENUE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695033. GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.ANTONY MUKKATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/04/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No. 5791 of 2011 ================== Dated this the 11th day of April, 2011 J U D G M E N T An association of employees of the Revenue Department, has filed this writ petition challenging the provisional seniority lists of U.D.C./V.O and H.C/R.I. 2. I have passed the following order on 24.2.2011: “When it was pointed out to the counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner being an association cannot maintain this writ petition except as a public interest litigation insofar as this writ petition relates to seniority of individual employees, the counsel for the petitioner seeks time. Post after a week.” 3. The learned Government Pleader submits that the process of hearing objections to the provisional seniority lists is already over and the respondents are in the process of publishing the final seniority list. 4. The petitioner in this writ petition is an association of employees. No personal grievance of the petitioner is sought to be redressed in this writ petition. As such, the petitioner can maintain this writ petition only as a public interest litigation. But the same has not been constituted as such. Further, the impugned seniority lists are only provisional seniority lists, which have not yet been finalised. For all the above reasons, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge