IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 25TH AUGUST 2009 / 3RD BHADRA 1931 WP(C).No. 22974 of 2009(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SUJA RANI S, HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER (MALAYALAM), S.N. TRUST HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, THOTTADA, KANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.ELVIN PETER P.J. RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, SANTHI NAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE MANAGER, S.N. TRUST SCHOOLS, P.B. NO. 63, KOLLAM-01. GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SHRI A.J.VARGHESE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No.22974 of 2009-N - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 25th day of August, 2009. JUDGMENT The petitioner was appointed as HSST Malayalam by the third respondent Manager as per Ext.P1 order. The appointment was in terms of the procedure prescribed in G.O.(Ms) No.162/98/G.Edn. dated 13.5.1998. The petitioner was appointed in the 75% quota. 2. Ext.P3 shows that the appointment of the petitioner as HSST Malayalam was approved by the second respondent as per order dated 3.11.2002 as HSST (Part time). It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner was entitled to have her appointment approved as HSST Senior. 3. Presently, the petitioner is claiming accommodation as HSST Senior from 16.7.2001 and also payment of further salary as HSST Senior. Accordingly she has filed Ext.P9 representation before the Government. It is also submitted that the admitted juniors of the petitioner, viz. Smt. S. Mini and Smt. V. Sreedevi are getting salary as HSST Senior teachers. There will be a direction to the first respondent to take a decision on Ext.P9 after hearing the petitioner and Manager, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioner wpc 22974/2009 2 will produce a copy of the writ petition along with a copy of this judgment before the first respondent for compliance. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/