IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 3RD JUNE 2011 / 13TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 14979 of 2011(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- BINDU P.S., GREESHMAGIRI, KOVIL VILAKAM, ENIKKARA, KARAKULAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.T.P.PRADEEP RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 2. ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY, INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001 3. DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE OPEN SCHOOL, STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING (SCERT) POOJAPPURA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001 GOVT. PLEADER: SMT. SMITHA SUKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: smvd S. SIRI JAGAN, J --------------------------------------- WP(C) No. 14979 of 2011. --------------------------------------- Dated this the 3rd day of 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is an employee of the Metropolitan Engineering Company Limited, which is a Government company which fell into financial difficulties which forced the company to offer voluntary retirement scheme to the employees. The petitioner did not opt for voluntary retirement. Therefore the petitioner was sent on deputation as Clerical Assistant in the Kerala State Open School, in 2007. That deputation was extended up to 22.5.2011. In the meanwhile the Metropolitan Engineering Company Ltd. was taken over by the 1st respondent and the assets and liabilities of the company were transferred to the 1st respondent as per Ext.P4 order. The petitioner's service on deputation ended on 2.5.11 and the petitioner was directed to return to the parent company by Ext. P5 order. According to the petitioner, the 2nd respondent decided to absorb another similarly placed employee named, Sri. Rupesh Kumar, in the service of the 1st respondent by Ext.P6 Order. In the above circumstances, seeking similar relief, the petitioner has filed Ext.P9 representation before the 2nd respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P9 expeditiously. WP(C) No. 14979 of 2011. -: 2 :- Having heard the learned Government Pleader also, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P9, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE. sm