IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2011 / 26TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 16212 of 2011(B) -------------------------- PETITIONER ------------------ P.D.MOHANAN, SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NJARAKKAL POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT BY ADV. DR.PAULY MATHEW MURICKEN RESPONDENT(S): ----------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMETN, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 01 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (CONVENOR, 02 DEPARTMENT PROMOTION COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED FOR PROMOTING SUB INSPECTORS AS CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE) 3. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, CENTRAL RANGE, ERNAKULAM BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.SANDESH RAJA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No. 16212 of 2011(B) -------------------------------------- APPENDIX --------------- PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS ------------------------------------ COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS BEARING NO.A1/16536/04-ER DATED 7.9.2005 OF THE DY. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, ERNAKULAM RANGE. EXT.P2. COPY OF ORDER NO.E2/91359/2007 DATED 18.4.2009 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXT.P3. COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS NO.DGO-672/10 DATED 27.7.2010 OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXT.P4. COPY OF THE ORDER NO.H2-8/P.R/09-ID DATED 28.1.2011 OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, IDUKKI. EXT.P5. COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 2.2.2011 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER TO THE 2ND RESPONDENT THROUGH PROPER CHANNEL. EXT.P6. COPY OF D.G.O. 399/2011 DATED 19.04.2011 OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS : NIL --------------------------------------- / TRUE COPY / P.A. TO JUDGE VK S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) No. 16212 of 2011 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 16th day of June, 2011. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a Sub Inspector of Police. According to the petitioner, he should have been promoted as Circle Inspector of Police long ago. Therefore, the petitioner has filed Ext. P5 representation before the 2nd respondent seeking promotion as Circle Inspector of Police with retrospective effect. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P5 expeditiously. 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. P5, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/