IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 25TH JUNE 2010 / 4TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 18570 of 2010(U) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. P.N.PRESANNAKUMARAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY, MEDICAL COLLEGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CONVENOR, ACTION COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT PHARMACY TEACHERS, COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, MEDICAL COLLEGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. RENJISH.C., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHARMACY, COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.ELVIN PETER P.J. SMT.POOJA SURENDRAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.DILIP MOHAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. -------------------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO. 18570 OF 2010 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 25th day of June, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioners 1 and 3 are working as Assistant Professors in the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, under the Medical Education service. The second petitioner is the Convenor of an association of Government Pharmacy Teachers. The grievance of the petitioners is that in the matter of pay and allowances, the teaching staff in the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences have been arbitrarily discriminated. It is their contention that earlier, they have been enjoying the same benefits as that of their counterparts in the Medical and Dental Colleges under the Medical Education service as is obvious from Ext.P1 G.O dated 16.6.2000. However, the said position was changed as per Ext.P2 G.O dated 14.12.2009 inasmuch as while revising the scales of pay of teachers of Government Medical, Dental, Nursing and Pharmaceutical Science Colleges under the Medical Education Department the teachers in the Medical and Dental Colleges were given a higher pay on different aspects than the teaching staff under the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences. In the said circumstances, the first petitioner has filed Exts.P3 & P4 W.P.(C) NO.18570/2010 2 representations respectively before the first and second respondents and the third petitioner has preferred Ext.P5 representation before the first respondent, against Ext.P2 order. The said representations are still pending before the first respondent. 2. In the said circumstances, without making any observations as to the merits of the contentions raised by the petitioners, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider the contentions raised in Exts.P3 to P5 and pass orders thereon expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. (C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE) spc W.P.(C) NO.18570/2010 3 C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. W.P.(C). NO. /2010 JUDGMENT June, 2010 W.P.(C) NO.18570/2010 4