IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR MONDAY, THE 24TH MAY 2010 / 3RD JYAISHTA 1932 WP(C).No. 15358 of 2010(T) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- DR. MARY THOMAS, PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, WEST HILL, KOZHIKODE-673005. BY ADV. SRI.RAJAN JOSEPH SRI.P.I.DAVIS RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SRI. DILIP MOHAN R1 AND R2. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/05/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P. (C) No. 15358 OF 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 24th day of May, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is presently working as Professor in Govt. Engineering College, Kozhikode. Her family is settled at Thrissur. For the past several years, she has been requesting the authorities to consider her claim for a transfer to Government Engineering College, Thrissur. According to the petitioner, on 31.3.2010 a vacancy has arisen on account of the retirement on superannuation of one Dr.V.A Kunjumoideen in said college and she has applied for transfer against the said vacancy as per Ext.P2. If there is an open vacancy available as contended by the petitioner there is no reason for respondents for not considering the claim of the petitioner in terms of Ext.P3 transfer norms. According to the petitioner there is no other claimant for the said vacancy that has arisen in Government Engineering College, Thrissur. In the circumstances, I am of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider Ext.P2 application in the light of WPC.15358/2010 : 2 : Ext.P3 norms. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to considerand pass orders on Ext.P2 expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Sd/- (C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE) jma //true copy// P.A to Judge