IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 7TH APRIL 2009 / 17TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 11671 of 2009(D) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SUNITHA KUMARI.S., EMPLOYED AS HSST (ZOOLOGY), GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, NEYYAR DAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AND RESIDING AT VLATHANKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.G.P.SHINOD SRI.RAM MOHAN.G. SRI.MANU V. RESPONDENT(S): --------------- DIRECTOR OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, HOUSING BOARD BUILDINGS, SANTHI NAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.A.J.VARGHESE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------- W.P(C) No. 11671 of 2009 -D ------------------------------ Dated this the 7th day of April, 2009. J U D G M E N T Heard Sri.V.Manu, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri.A.J.Varghese, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondent. 2. The petitioner is presently working as HSST (Zoology). She entered service in January 2005 as HSST (Zoology) in Government Higher Secondary School, Neyyar Dam, Thiruvananthapuram. According to the petitioner, by virtue of her service in Government Higher Secondary School, Neyyar Dam, which is a hilly/remote area, she was entitled to be transferred to her home station during the time of general transfers effected in the years 2006-07, 2007-08. She submits that her claim was however not considered or granted. She has submitted Ext.P1 representation dated 21.2.2008 to the Director of Higher Secondary Education requesting to transfer and post her in her home station. In this writ petition the petitioner inter alia prays for a direction to the respondents to transfer her to her home station. 3. The question whether vacancies exist to which the W.P(C) No. 11671 of 2009 -D 2 petitioner can be transferred as requested by her in Ext.P1, is primarily a matter for the Director of Higher Secondary Education to decide when general transfers for the academic year 2009-10 are effected. The learned Government Pleader submits that steps are in progress to effect transfers during the academic year 2009-2010. Having regard to the fact that the petitioner has been working at Government Higher Secondary School, Neyyar Dam, ever since her appointment in January 2005, I am of the opinion that the Director of Higher Secondary Education should consider the petitioner’s request for transfer to her home station or a nearby station while effecting general transfers for the academic year 2009-2010. In these circumstances, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Director of Higher Secondary Education to consider the petitioner’s request for transfer to her home station or a nearby station during the academic year 2009-2010 and pass orders thereon. The petitioner shall in order to enable the Director of Higher Secondary Education to pass orders as directed above produce before him a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of this writ petition. Sd/- P.N.RAVINDRAN, ab JUDGE