IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.M.JOSEPH WEDNESDAY, THE 7TH FEBRUARY 2007 / 18TH MAGHA 1928 WP(C).No. 4210 of 2007(A) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ----------------- DR.V.PRASAD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HEAD, UNIVERSITY LIVESTOCK FARM AND FODDER RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, MANNUTHY, THRISSUR-680 651. BY ADV. SRI.S.P.ARAVINDAKSHAN PILLAY SMT.N.SANTHA SRI.K.A.BALAN SRI.PETER JOSE CHRISTO SRI.S.A.ANAND RESPONDENTS: --------------------- THE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR, MAIN CAMPUS, K.A.U.P.O., VELLANIKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY SC. SRI. RENJITH THAMPAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/02/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.M.JOSEPH, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WP.(C) No. 4210 OF 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 7th day of February, 2007 JUDGMENT Prayer in the writ petition is as follows: i) issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the respondent to implement the Career Advancement Programme and promote the petitioner to the post of Professor with retrospective effect from the due date with all consequential service benefits within a time limit to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court. 2. Heard counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent. As far as the prayer relating to conduct of career advancement programme, it is submitted by the learned Standing Counsel that the University will consider the same if the petitioner is entitled to the same. In such circumstances, there will be a direction to the respondent to conduct career advancement promotion of the petitioner to the post of Professor, if the petitioner is legally entitled to the same, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of three months WPC.4210/2007. 2 from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. (K.M. JOSEPH, JUDGE) sb K.M.JOSEPH, JJ. - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.A. No. OF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Dated this the day of February, 2006.