IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH AUGUST 2009 / 28TH SRAVANA 1931 WP(C).No. 23782 of 2009(P) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- RAVINDRAN A., HSST MUSIC, K.K.M.H.S.S. VANDITHAVALAM. BY MR.PAULSON THOMAS, ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA,REP. BY THE SECRETARY, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPT. GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, REGIONAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION , EDAPPALLY, ERNAKULAM. 4. MANAGER, K.K.M.HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, VANDITHAVALAM. BY MR. A.J. VARGHESE, SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.23782 OF 2009 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of August, 2009. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as H.S.S.T Music in the K.K.M. HSS, Vandithavalam. He has been working as an approved H.S.S.T (Junior) Music for a long time. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking for disposal of Exhibit P12 representation submitted before the Government wherein the prayer is to sanction the post of Music Teacher as a full time one and grant approval to the petitioner. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader. 3. The petitioner contends that the school is having the 2nd batch in humanities with economics, political science, history and music as optional subjects. For Plus 1, there is one batch and in Plus 2 also there is one batch for the 2nd humanities batch with music as optional subject. Therefore, the work load per week for music is 2x8 ie.16 which will suffice for sanctioning W.P.(C) No.23782/2009 2 HSST senior post in the school and approving the petitioner as H.S.S.T senior. Therefore, the matter will be considered by the Government and appropriate orders will be passed on Exhibit P12, after hearing the petitioner and the Manager, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp