IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN THURSDAY, THE 28TH AUGUST 2008 / 6TH BHADRA 1930 WP(C).No. 15161 of 2007(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ S.SARADHAMMA, AGED 55 YEARS, D/O.SARASWATHY, AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANT, AGRICULTURE OFFICE, SOORANADU NORTH, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.DILEEP P.PILLAI RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY AGRICULTURAL DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE, VIKAS BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. AGRICULTURAL OFFICER, AGRICULTURE OFFICE, SOORANADU NORTH, KOLLAM. 3. PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURE OFFICER, CIVIL STATION, KOLLAM. BY G.P.SRI.P. NANDAKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 28/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N. RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------------- W.P.(C).NO.15161 OF 2007-E ------------------------------------- Dated this the 28th day of August, 2008. JUDGMENT The prayer in this writ petition is to quash Ext.P1 to the extent it transfers the petitioner from Sooranad in Kollam District to Pathanamthitta District. The order of transfer was passed on 28.4.2007. It was challenged interalia on the ground that the petitioner had only five and a half months to retire from service. Going by the petitioner's own averments, the petitioner would have by now retired from service. The writ petition has therefore become infructuous. It is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. P.N. RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. cl . 2