IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 29TH SEPTEMBER 2009 / 7TH ASWINA 1931 WP(C).No. 27273 of 2009(D) -------------------------------- PETITIONERS: ---------------- 1. G.GIRISH KUMAR, VALIYAVILA PUTHENVEEDU, KULATHUR, UCHAKADA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. S.SATHEESH, PUTHARAKKAL VILAKATHU VEEDU, MANCHAMKUZHI, PARASSALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. R.SASIDHARAN PILLAI, APSARA, PALLIPPURAM P.O., CHERTHALA, ERNAKULAM. BY MR.K.P.RAJEEVAN, ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTGED BY ITS SECRETARY, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETRIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, JAGATHY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE HEADMASTER, GOVERNMENT SCHOOL FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED, VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. STATE COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY MR. MUHAMOOD T.T., SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/09/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.27273 OF 2009 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of September, 2009. J U D G M E N T The petitioners 1 and 2 are the Assistant Teachers who have been working under the 3rd respondent and have been teaching visually impaired students. The 3rd petitioner is the General Secretary of Kerala Federation of the Blind. 2. By Exhibit P6, the 2nd respondent ordered relief of certain teachers including petitioners 1 and 2 to avoid discharge from service. The case of the petitioners is that in the said process, some teachers have been transferred from Government School for Deaf, Jagathy to Government School for Visually Impaired. It is the case of the petitioners that the persons who have been transferred are not qualified to teach the visually impaired students. They have raised these matters before the 2nd respondent by filing Exhibit P7. There will be a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider Exhibit P7 and take steps to redress the grievance therein in W.P.(C) No.27273/2009 2 accordance with law within a period of two 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