IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD DECEMBER 2008 / 12TH AGRAHAYANA 1930 WP(C).No. 35676 of 2008(V) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- P.BABY SUDHA JUNIOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE-GRADE-1 PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, SAKTHIKULANGARA, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.JOHN BRITTO SRI.C.A.RAJEEV RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT TRIVANDRUM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH KOLLAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT. ANU SIVARAMAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/12/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J ----------------------------- W.P.(C) NO: 35676 of 2008 ----------------------------- Dated this 3rd day of December, 2008 JUDGMENT Heard Sri.John Britto, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt.Anu Sivaraman, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner is a Junior Public Health Nurse. She is due to retire from service within three years. Her grievance is that for that reason, she had not been deputed to undergo the Health Supervisory Training that commenced on 4-11-2008. In this writ petition, the petitioner inter alia prays for a direction to the respondents to depute her to undergo the Health Supervisory Training for Junior Health Nurses. 3. Ext.P2 discloses that the petitioner was also included in the list of Junior Public Health Nurses selected to undergo Health Supervisory Training. At that point of time she had more than three years service left and therefore, was selected. But the petitioner was away on leave at that point of time. Ext.P2 also states that only those Junior Public Health Nurses who have more than three years of service left after completion of the training are eligible for deputation benefits. 4. The training admittedly commenced more than a month back. The training is of six months duration. In these WPC:35676 OF 2008 2 circumstances, no direction can be issued to the respondents to permit the petitioner to join the training course which is in progress. The writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. It will be open to the petitioner to move the respondents to depute her for training in the next batch. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE bps