IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 7TH DECEMBER 2010 / 16TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 36405 of 2010(A) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- K.K.SUJATHA, ASSISTANT FOREMAN, BINDING SECTION, GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADVS. SRI.ELVIN PETER P.J. SMT. POOJA SURENDRAN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.PIN- 695 001 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PRINTING GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. PIN- 695 001 3. K.PRASAD, SENIOR GRADE BINDER, BINDING SECTION GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. PIN- 695 001 R1 & R2 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. P. NANDAKUMAR. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/12/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ----------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.36405 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 7th day of December, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is an Assistant Foreman (Binding) in the Government Press. The petitioner apprehends reversion from that post to accommodate the third respondent. According to the petitioner, the third respondent does not have the basic qualification to hold the post, whereas the petitioner does. The petitioner has a further contention that insofar as the petitioner is presently holding the post of Assistant Foreman (Binding), before reverting the petitioner, the petitioner is entitled to be heard in the matter. The petitioner, therefore, seeks the following reliefs: “i) issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or order directing respondents 1 and 2 not to revert the petitioner from the post of Assistant Foreman(Binding). ii) issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or injunction restraining respondents 1 and 2 from reverting the petitioner from the post of Assistant Foreman(Binding).” 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. W.P.(C)No.36405/10 2 Reversion of the petitioner would certainly entail civil consequences to her. That being so, it is only fair and proper that the petitioner be afforded an opportunity of being heard before she is so reverted. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents 1 and 2 to see that the petitioner is afforded an opportunity of being heard before she is reverted. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd W.P.(C)No.36405/10 3