IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 4TH JANUARY 2008 / 14TH POUSHA 1929 WP(C).No. 17256 of 2003(D) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. ABY C. JACOB, CHEBANAL HOUSE, PUNNAPRA NORTH POST, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. 2. ROOPESH SASIDHARAN, ANJANANM, KONDOTTIMOOLA ROAD, KOTTARAKKARA. 3. MANOJ V.M., UTHARALAYAM, MANAGALM NAGAR, MANAGAD POST, KOLLAM DISTRICT BY ADV. SRI.P.BHASKARAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT. T.B. REMANI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)NO.17256 of 2003-D - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 4th day of January, 2008. JUDGMENT The petitioners are diploma holders in Mechanical Engineering, who have obtained admission to part time B. Tech. Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering in T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam, during the academic year 2002-2003. The petitioners have approached this court seeking to grant the benefits given by Exts.P2 and P5 judgments to them also. One of the prayers in the original petition is for a direction to the first respondent to issue necessary orders transferring the petitioners to the third semester of 2nd year B. Tech Engineering Degree Course in view of Exts.P1, P2 and P5. 2. This original petition was admitted on 11.6.2003 and no interim orders have been granted also. The duration of the course is 4 years and the said period will be over by now. Therefore, the relief, as prayed for by the petitioners to transfer them to the third semester, cannot be granted now. Apart from that, it is made clear in Ext.P5 judgment that the directions therein will amount to a general direction to the respondents to transfer all Diploma holders to second year Engineering on the terms specified in the judgment. In that view of the matter also, no further orders are called for in this original petition and the same is closed. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/ T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(c). No.17256 of 2003-D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT 3rd January, 2008.