IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 27TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 8TH PHALGUNA 1930 WP(C).No. 6494 of 2009(F) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- MERCYKUTTY GEORGE, W/O. SAM ISSAC SPECIAL VILLAGE OFFICER, MELURKAVU VILLAGE OFFICE MEENACHIL TALUK KOTTAYAM RESIDING AT PUTHAN PARAMBIL, MELURKAVU PO, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.CHANDRASEKHAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE COMMISSIONER OF LAND REVENUE PUBLIC OFFICE BUILDING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-33. GOVERNMENT PLEADER, ADV.SMT.ANU SIVARAMAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.6494/2009-F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 27th day of February, 2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a Special Village Officer in the Revenue Department. She started her carrier as Lower Division Clerk on 10/07/1989, which is evidenced by Ext.P1. She has passed DOM test in March 1999. She also passed Account Test Lower in 2004 which is evidenced by Ext.P2, and also Revenue Test (Travancore) and Chain Survey test which is evidenced by Exts.P3 and P4. The petitioner contends that number of officers who joined service along with and after the petitioner, have been promoted to the post of Upper Division Clerks/Special Village Officers and Deputy Tahsildars/Junior Superintendents. The petitioner submits that she has been singled out and has been denied promotion stating that she has not completed her period of probation satisfactorily. She is claiming promotion as Upper Division Clerks/Special Village Officers from 09/12/1997, the date on which her juniors were promoted. Ultimately, she was promoted as Special Village Officer on 29/04/2004 temporarily. She thereafter filed Ext.P6 representation seeking for retrospective promotion. 2. But subsequently, her juniors, namely, Beebas V.M., Chandrakaladharan P., Anil George etc. has been promoted as Deputy W.P.(C) No.6494/2009 -:2:- Tahsildars/Junior Superintendents as per Ext.P7 order. Again by Ext.P8 order, several juniors to the petitioner have been promoted as Deputy Tahsildars/Junior Superintendents. 3. Seeking for appropriate orders to get retrospective promotion to various cadres, she has filed Ext.P9 representation before the respondent. 4. In the result, the respondent will consider and pass orders on Ext.P9 after hearing the petitioner and any other persons affected within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms