IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 20TH AUGUST 2010 / 29TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24355 of 2010(T) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. LEENA T.KURIAN,HEAD MISTRESS, THIRUVAMKULAM ST.GEORGE AIDED L.P.SCHOOL, THIRUVAMKULAM. 2. T.V.KURIAKOSE, TEACHER, THIRUVAMKKULAM ST.GEORGE L.P.SCHOOL, THIRUVAMKULAM. 3. SHEEMOL ,TEACHER, THIRUVAMKULAM ST.GEORGE L.P.SCHOOL, THIRUVAMKULAM. 4. REGEENA K.A.,TEACHER, THIRUVAMKULAM ST.GEORGE L.P.SCHOOL. THIRUVAMKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.SANKARANKUTTY NAIR SMT.K.V.RESHMI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, D.P.I. JUNCTION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, ERNAKULAM. 4. ASSISTANT EDUCATION OFFICER, THRIPUNITHURA. BY G.P.SRI.DILIP MOHAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.T.RAVIKUMAR, J. ---------------------------- W.P.(C)No.24355 of 2010 ---------------------------- Dated 20th August, 2010 JUDGMENT The first petitioner is working as Headmistress and petitioners 2 to 4 are working as Lower Primary School Assistants in St.George Aided L.P.School, Thiruvamkulam. The said school was being managed by the staff of the school. As per Ext.P1 order dated 13.10.2008, Government took over the said school subject to the conditions specified thereunder. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to approve the petitioners as Government employees and also to approve their service under the St.George Aided L.P.School, Thiruvamkulam as Government service and to assign them seniority in their respective cadres. Raising such request the petitioners have already approached the first respondent through Ext.P7 series. Ext.P7 series have been filed by the petitioners on 26.6.2009. No action has so far been taken on the said representations, it is submitted. In the aforesaid circumstances, without making any observation as to the merits of the contentions raised by the petitioners in this writ petition, it is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider Ext.P7 series representations submitted by the petitioners in the light of the WP(C).No.24355/2010 2 relevant Government orders and circulars pertaining to the subject expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. If the petitioners are desirous to submit any further representation to supplement Ext.P7, it will be open to them to do so within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. C.T.RAVIKUMAR Judge TKS