IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2011 / 11TH BHADRA 1933 WP(C).No. 23145 of 2011(P) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- LEKHA RANI, U.P.S.A., ST.AUGUSTINE'S H.S., MURUKKUMPUZHA. BY ADVS. SRI.M.BALAGOVINDAN SRI.T.K.ANANDA PADMANABHAN RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. MANAGER, ST.AUGUSTINE'S H.S., MURUKKUMPUZHA. 3. M.R.BINU, U.P.S.A., ST.AUGUSTINE'S H.S., MURUKKUMPUZHA. 4. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SRI.T.T. MUHAMMOOD, GOVERNMENT PLEADER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No.23145/2011 A P P E N D I X PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT. P1 : COPY OF ATTENDANCE REGISTER. EXT. P2 : COPY OF REPRESENTATION ALONG WITH POSTAL RECEIPT DTD. 22.1.11. EXT. P3 : COPY OF JUDGMENT IN WP(C) 6572/11 DTD. 3.3.11. EXT. P4 : COPY OF ORDER No.B2/1936/2011/KDIS. DTD. 8.6.11 PASSED BY District Educational Officer, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. EXT. P5 : COPY OF REVISION PETITION ALONG WITH POSTAL RECEIPT DTD. 4.8.11. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL. // True Copy // P.A. to Judge. smp T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.23145 Of 2011 -------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 2nd DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner has approached this Court seeking for a direction to the Government to consider and pass orders on the revision petition Exhibit P5, which is filed against Exhibit P4 order passed by the District Educational Officer. The District Educational Officer by Exhibit P4 order considered the dispute regarding seniority. 2. The learned Government Pleader submitted that the petitioner has got an effective remedy of filing an appeal against Exhibit P4 order before the concerned Deputy Director of Education. 3. Evidently, the petitioner has not filed appeal, since he has availed the remedy of revision before the Government. Therefore, it is only proper that the petitioner is given some time to file an appeal. If an appeal is filed within a period of 10 days from today before the concerned Deputy Director of Education, the same will be entertained and considered on merits in W.P.(C)No.23145/11 -2- accordance with law and appropriate orders will be passed after hearing the petitioner and other parties within a further period of three months. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. Sd/-(T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) dsn