IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 7TH JUNE 2011 / 17TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 15290 of 2011(I) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- THOMAS IYPE ,KOODAPURAYIL, KIDANGANNUR P.O, PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADVS. SRI.LIJU.V.STEPHEN, SRI.EBY AUGUSTINE, SMT.INDU SUSAN JACOB. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. DIRECTOR, HIGHER SECONDRY DIRECTORATE OFFICE, HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, SHANTHI NAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. 2. MANAGER S.V.G.V.H.S.S, KIDANGANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA – 689 547. R1 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. NISHA BOSE. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/06/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No. 15290 Of 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 7th DAY OF JUNE, 2011 J U D G M E N T The Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner challenging the direction to suspend him from service issued to the Manager by Exhibit P6 communication of the Director of Higher Secondary Education. 2. The petitioner has got a case that the suspension is without any basis. He was the Chief Examiner for Higher Secondary School Paper Valuation in S.C.S.Higher Secondary School, Thiruvalla from 4.4.2011 to 2.5.2011. According to him, the duty cast upon him was to allot the paper received from the Exam Co-ordinator to the valuators under him and to scrutinise the valuation made by the said valuators. The Exam Co-ordinator along with his assistants are duty bound to remove the original register number in each answer sheets and give false register number in its place. Thereafter, the same had to be given to the petitioner. The petitioner points out that on 26.4.2011, without issuing the false number, some answer papers were given to him and this was immediately reported by him to the Principal of the W.P.(C)No.15290/11 -2- S.C.S.Higher Secondary School, Thiruvalla. The Principal instead of taking appropriate action directed the petitioner to carry out the valuation of the answer sheets and he had to follow the said direction. The matter was reported widely in the press. It appears that there was an enquiry which resulted in Exhibit P6 order. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the suspension is without any justification and the petitioner cannot be found fault with for not assigning the false numbers in the answer sheets. 4. I am not considering the matter on merits, since the petitioner has already filed a representation before the 1st respondent as evident from Exhibit P7 which is dated 2.6.2011. It is upto the 1st respondent to take appropriate decision in the matter after hearing the petitioner. The same will be done within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioner will forward a copy of the Writ Petition along with a copy of the judgment to the 1st respondent for compliance. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. Sd/-( T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE.) dsn True copy