IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 13TH MAY 2008 / 23RD VAISAKHA 1930 WP(C).No. 14619 of 2008(M) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ P.Sreedharan, S/o. Chandu Nair, aged 54, Sreekarthika House, Iravikulam P.O.,Desom, Kakulissery Village,Mukundapuram Taluk BY ADV. SRI.FRANCO T.J. RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. The Headmaster, G.B.U.P.S.,Kuzhalmannam, Palakkad. 2. The Assistant Educational Officer, Kuzhalmannam, Palakkad. 3. The Deputy Director of Education, Palakkad. 4. The Director of Public Instruction,Jagathi (PO),Trivandrum-14. 5. K.S.Latha (Protected Teacher),G.B.U.P.S.,Kuzhalmannam. R2 TO R4 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT.N.SUDHA DEVI. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.Ravindran, J. ================= W.P(C).No.14619 of 2008 ================ Dated this the 13th day of May, 2008. JUDGMENT Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader appearing for respondents 1 to 4. In the nature of the order that I propose to pass, it is not necessary to issue notice to the fifth respondent. 2. The petitioner joined service as Junior Urdu Teacher in Kuthanoor High School, on 3.12.1981. He was deployed as a protected teacher on 11.10.1995 to G.U.P.S., Vadasserypurath. In December, 1997 he was deployed to B.G.U.P.S. Kuzhalmannam wherein he continued till 9.4.2008. The petitioner has now been deployed to G.U.P.S. Bhimanad by Ext.P1 order dated 28.3.2008 passed by the third respondent. The petitioner has submitted Ext.P4 representation dated 9.4.2008 to the Deputy Director of Education seeking a posting back to his parent school. He has also submitted Ext.P5 representation dated WP(C) 14619/08 -: 2 :- 15.4.2008 to the fourth respondent - the Director of Public Instruction, seeking either re-deployment as a protected teacher in G.B.U.P.S., Kuzhalmannam or a posting back to his parent school. He has also prayed that till orders are passed on his request, his deployment as per Ext.P1 may be kept in abeyance. The petitioner has in Exts.P4 and P5 pointed out that he met with an accident on 18.10.2006 in which four of his ribs were fractured and therefore he cannot undertake long journies. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader appearing for respondents 1 to 4, I am of the opinion that the question whether the decision to deploy the petitioner to G.U.P.S. Bhimanad should be reconsidered or not essentially is a matter for the fourth respondent to decide. The fourth respondent shall consider the grievance voiced by the petitioner in Ext.P5 and pass orders thereon in accordance with law and the relevant government orders governing the field. This shall be done within two weeks from the date of production of a copy of this judgment by the petitioner. The petitioner shall produce a certified copy of this judgment before the fourth respondent within seven days from WP(C) 14619/08 -: 3 :- today. Till orders are passed on Ext.P5, the deployment of the petitioner to G.U.P.S. Bhimanad as per Ext.P1 shall stand stayed. The writ petition is disposed of as above. P.N.Ravindran, Judge. ess 13/5