IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 21ST AUGUST 2009 / 30TH SRAVANA 1931 WP(C).No. 20831 of 2009(Y) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- NIDHEESH.N., LECTURER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KANNUR, PARASSINIKADAVU P.O., KANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE PRINCIPAL, GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KANNUR. SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SHRI MUHAMOOD T.T. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.20831/2009-Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 21st day of August, 2009 J U D G M E N T The main prayer in the writ petition is for a direction to allow the petitioner to join duty as Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering. The petitioner applied for M.Tech Course in the National Institute of Technology at Kozhikode while working as Lecturer in Computer Science and after submitting the application for leave, he joined the M.Tech Course. 2. By interim order dated 29/07/2009, this Court directed the first and second respondents to consider the request of the petitioner for allowing him to rejoin duty. Today, the learned Government Pleader, on instructions submitted that as per order No.E.A/5064/09, dated 18/08/2009, issued by the Director of Technical Education, permission has been granted to the petitioner to rejoin duty subject to the disciplinary action. He is allowed to rejoin duty in Kannur itself. The same is recorded. Therefore, no further orders are required. Contentions raised by the petitioner are left open. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms