IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 8TH DECEMBER 2010 / 17TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 36599 of 2010(Y) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- SOBHANA GOPI, PART TIME CASUAL SWEEPER, BLOCK PANCHAYATH OFFICE, ADIMALY, IDUKKI DIST - 685 561. BY ADV. SRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001. 2. COMMISSIONER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695 001. 3. BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, ADIMALY, IDUKKI DIST - 685 561. 4. ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER, PAINAVU, IDUKKI DIST - 685 603. R1 TO R4 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. P. NANDAKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/12/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ----------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.36599 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 8th day of December, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a Part Time Casual Sweeper working in the office of the third respondent. According to the petitioner, she has been working so since 1996. The petitioner contends that the sweeping area of the office is 550.35 sq.meters as per Ext.P1 and 376.15 sq.meters as per Ext.P2. Therefore, according to the petitioner, as per G.O.(P)No.501/2005 dated 25.11.2005, the petitioner is entitled to regularisation in service. The petitioner submits that by Exts.P3 and P5, the third respondent has forwarded proposals for creation of the post of a Part Time Sweeper and for regularisation of the service of the petitioner in that post. The petitioner seeks a direction to the first respondent to take further steps pursuant to Exts.P3 and P5 expeditiously. Having heard the learned Government Pleader, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to take a final decision pursuant to Exts.P3 and P5 as expeditiously as W.P.(C)No.36599/10 2 possible, at any rate, within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. If respondents 2 and 4 have not yet forwarded Exts.P3 and P5 respectively to the first respondent, the same shall be done within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioner shall also be afforded an opportunity of being heard. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd W.P.(C)No.36599/10 3