IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 6TH JUNE 2007 / 16TH JYAISHTA 1929 WP(C).No. 17267 of 2007(E) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------ PUSHPALATHA T.V., AGED 41 YEARS, STAFF NURSE, PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, PADNE, KASARGOD. BY ADV. SRI.M.SASINDRAN SRI.TOJAN J. VATHIKULAM RESPONDENTS: --------------------- 1. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER, KASARGOD, KANHANGAD. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.BIJOY CHANDRAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J. ------------------------------ W.P.(C) No. 17267 of 2007-E ------------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of June, 2007. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a Staff Nurse working under the respondents. Initially she was appointed as Staff Nurse in Kasargod District, on the basis of the advice of the PSC, on 25-8-1992. In 1997, she applied and obtained inter-district transfer to Wayanad. Still later, she again applied for inter-district transfer to Kasargod and joined there on 7-6-2002. The petitioner's seniority is reckoned in the cadre of Staff Nurse at Kasargod only with effect from 7-6-2002. She claims, it should be reckoned with effect from 25-8-1992, the original date of advice by the P.S.C. to Kasargod District. Since the present transfer to Kasargod District is in terms of G.O.(MS)/4 dated 2-1-1961, she cannot claim seniority with effect from the original date of advice. Accordingly, the Writ Petition fails, and it is dismissed. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE. MS