IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 15TH DECEMBER 2010 / 24TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 37416 of 2010(B) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- K.V.CHANDRASENAN, ASSISTANT AUDIT OFFICER, REGIONAL AUDIT OFFICE, SREEKANDAPURAM, KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.S.MUHAMMED HANEEFF RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, VYDHYUTHI BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (HRM), KSEB, VYDHYUTHI BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV.K.S.ANIL, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/12/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No.37416 of 2010 ================== Dated this the 15th day of December, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as an Assistant Audit Officer, Regional Audit office, Sreekandapuram in Kannur district. He hails from Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district. While working at Electrical Sub Section, Palachira, Thiruvananthapuram, as a Senior Superintendent, he was promoted as Assistant Audit Officer and posted at Electrical Circle, Sreekandapuram in Kannur district. According to the petitioner, 27 persons were so promoted and posted in various places by Ext.P1. Petitioner's grievance in this writ petition is that while juniors to the petitioners were given nearby stations, the petitioner has been posted at Sreekandapuram, which is more than 500 kilometers away from Thiruvananthapuram. According to the petitioner, as per the practice followed, persons are given postings in nearby places. The petitioner now submits that there are two vacancies of Assistant Audit Officers in Vydhyuthi Bhavan and one vacancy in Regional Audit Office, Kottarakkara. The petitioner has filed Ext.P2 representation before the 2nd respondent seeking a transfer to one of those existing vacancies. The petitioner now seeks a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2, expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned standing counsel appearing for w.p.c.37416/10 2 the Kerala State Electricity Board also. 3. Having heard both sides, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge