IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH AUGUST 2009 / 21ST SRAVANA 1931 WP(C).No. 22876 of 2009(D) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ SHEENA RAJAN,ASSISTANT ENGINEER,ROADS DIVISION,RANNI,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV.MR.S.MUHAMMED HANEEFF RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE CHIEF ENGINEER,P.W.D.ADMINISTRATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. BINU.B,ASSISTANT ENGINEER,P.W.D.ROADS, MALLAPPALLY,PATHANAMTHITTA. BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER SMT.ANU SIVARAMAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------- W.P(C) No.22876 of 2009-D ------------------------------ Dated this the 12th day of August, 2009. J U D G M E N T Heard Sri.S.Muhammed Haneef, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt.Anu Sivaraman, the learned Senior Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner, who is presently working as Assistant Engineer in the PWD Roads Division at Ranni in Pathanamthitta District, has filed this writ petition apprehending that she will be transferred from Ranni, where she had joined only recently in August 2009, pursuant to Ext.P1 order of transfer. The petitioner submits that the third respondent, who is presently working as Assistant Engineer in the PWD Roads Division at Mallappally, Pathanamthitta has moved the Government, seeking transfer to Ranni and that in view of her political connection she is likely to be transferred to Ranni, displacing the petitioner. The petitioner submits that she has filed Ext.P2 representation before the Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Thiruvananthapuram, wherein she has requested the Government not to consider the request of the third respondent or anybody else for posting in Ranni. W.P(C) No.22876 of 2009-D 2 In my opinion, this writ petition is premature. This writ petition is rested on the assumption that the Government will grant the request made by the third respondent for transferring her to Ranni. As on date orders have not been passed transferring the petitioner from Ranni. The request made by the third respondent before the Government is also not placed on record. Apart from vaguely stating that the third respondent is having high political connections, the petitioner has not chosen to furnish any cogent material to establish even prima facie that the Government are taking hasty steps to transfer her from Ranni with a view to help the third respondent. In such circumstances, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. If the petitioner is transferred from Ranni on the request made by the third respondent or any other person, it will be open to her to challenge the same in other appropriate proceedings, if grounds exists therefor. Sd/- P.N.RAVINDRAN JUDGE //True Copy// PA to Judge ab