IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 6TH JULY 2011 / 15TH ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 15335 of 2011(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- I.V.BEENA, HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT (MALAYALAM), DEVASWOM BOARD HIGH SCHOOL, VAMANAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, RESIDING AT HARITHAM, MUTTAPPALAM P.O., VARKALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.R.RAJESH RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS,. OFFICE OF THE DISTECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 001. 2. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, ATTINGAL, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 101. 3. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, THIRUVALLA - 689 101. 4. THE CORPORATE MANAGER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD SCHOOLS (SECRETARY, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD), OFFICE OF THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, DEVASWOMN BUILDING, NANATHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. THE HEAD MASTER, DBHS, VAMANAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. PIN - 695 606. WP(C).No. 15335 of 2011 6. THE HEAD MASTER, DBHS, PARUMALA, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT - 689 645. 7. K.S.REMADEVI, HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT (MALAYALAM), NOW WORKING AS HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT, DEVASWOM BOARD HIGH SCHOOL, VAMANAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, RESIDING AT PANCHAVADI, MANGARAM P.O., PANDALAM. ADV. SRI. VENUGOPALA PANICKER FOR R4 TO R6 SRI.D.SAJEEV FOR R7 SRI.G.BIJU,SC,TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD FOR R4 GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.NISHA BOSE FOR R1 TO R3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 06/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: dmb WP(C).No. 15335 of 2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS:- EXT.P1:- COPY OF THE ORDER NO.ROC.3706/11/Edn. DATED 28.5.2011 OF THE 4TH RESPONDENT EXT.P2:- COPY OF THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE DATED 31.05.2011 ISSUED BY DR.SHYAM D. GOPAL EXT.P3:- COPY OF THE APPEAL PETITION SUBMITTED BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS:- NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A TO JUDGE dmb T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.15335 OF 2011 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of July, 2011. J U D G M E N T The petitioner herein is aggrieved by Ext.P1 order of transfer whereby she has been transferred from Devaswom Board High School, Vamanapuram to Devaswom Board Higher Secondary School, Parumala. Various grounds have been raised in the writ petition to challenge the order. The 7th respondent is transferred in the place of the petitioner and the said respondent has already joined the school pursuant to the order of transfer. 2. The petitioner has produced along with I.A.No.10494/2011 Ext.P3 which is styled as an appeal filed before the Director of Public Instruction challenging the order of transfer. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel appearing for the Travancore Devaswom Board and the learned counsel appearing for the 7th respondent. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that without prejudice to W.P.(C) No.15335/2011 2 the contentions raised by the petitioner, she has joined the transferred station. In the light of the challenge made by the petitioner by Ext.P3 before the Director of Public Instruction, there will be a direction to the Director of Public Instruction to consider and pass orders on Ext.P3 in accordance with law if the same has been received and is pending, after hearing all the parties, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. It is open to the parties to raise all their contentions before the Director of Public Instruction. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp