IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 19TH AUGUST 2008 / 28TH SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 24993 of 2008(A) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER : ---------------- V.V.MUTHUSWAMY, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT, ELECTRICAL SECTION, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, SULTHAN BATHERY (WEST), WAYANAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.A.MUHAMMED SRI.T.V.VIJAYARAJAN RESPONDENTS : ------------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, VYDHYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (H.R.M), KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDHYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, ELECTRICAL DIVISION, KALPETTA, WAYANAD DISTRICT. 4. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL CIRCLE, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, PALA, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV.SRI.K.S.ANIL, SC, KSEB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN,J. ------------------------- W.P ( C) No. 24993 of 2008 -------------------------- Dated this the 19th August, 2008 J U D G M E N T By Exhibit-P1 order of transfer issued on 7.5.2008, the petitioner was transferred from Electrical Circle Sulthan Bathery (West) to Electrical Circle, Pala. The petitioner's grievance is that the order of transfer has not been implemented and that he has not been relieved from Sulthan Bathery. 2. Sri. K.S. Anil, the learned standing counsel for the respondents submits that the petitioner could not be relieved from Sulthan Bathery for want of a substitute in his place. The learned standing counsel further submitted that the petitioner will be relieved from Sulthan Bathery by posting a suitable substitute, within a period of six weeks from today. In the result, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the competent authority among the respondents to relieve the petitioner from Sulthan W.P ( C) No. 24993 of 2008 2 Bathery so as to enable him to join duty at Pala pursuant to Exhibit-P1, within a period of six weeks from today (P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No. 24993 of 2008 3 W.P ( C) No. 24993 of 2008 4