IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 2ND JULY 2009 / 11TH ASHADHA 1931 WP(C).No. 18371 of 2009(N) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- D.THANKAMONEY, ASST.PROFESSOR, RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KOTTAYAM. BY MR.JOHNSON GOMEZ, ADVOCATE. MR.S.BIJU (KIZHAKKANELA), ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HIGH EDUCATION (G) DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. SMT.SHEEJA.A.K., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KANNUR. BY MR. A.J. VARGHESE, GOVERNMENT PLEADER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.18371 OF 2009 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 2nd day of July, 2009. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is aggrieved by Exhibit P3 order by which she was transferred and posted at Government Engineering College, Barton Hill. Earlier she had been working in the College of Engineering, Trivandrum after her transfer from Kottayam. The petitioner was promoted as Professor and posted in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam as per order dated 04.06.2009. But, later on the said order was cancelled and the petitioner was reverted as Assistant Professor and accordingly, she was posted in Government Engineering College, Barton Hill. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the interim orders passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.31862/2008 etc. have been vacated by a Division Bench of this Court in the appeals filed against the same by judgment dated 01.07.2009. It is therefore, submitted that the petitioner is expecting promotion as Professor shortly. All that the petitioner requests is for a W.P.(C) No.18371/2009 2 consideration of Exhibit P1 representation for giving her a posting as Professor in the College of Engineering, Trivandrum itself. The Government will consider Exhibit P1 in accordance with the Rules and take appropriate decision in the matter before any decision is taken to promote the petitioner and similarly placed persons. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp