IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 14TH AUGUST 2007 / 23RD SRAVANA 1929 WP(C).No. 24615 of 2007(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ T.K. GEETHA, COMPOSITOR GRADE I, GOVT. PRESS, SHORANUR. BY ADV. SRI.P.RAVINDRAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. DIRECTOR OF PRINTING, GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, GOVT.SECRETARIATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. BIJOY CHANDRAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/08/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Antony Dominic, J. ======================== W.P(C).No.24615 of 2007 ======================== Dated this the 14th day of August, 2007. JUDGMENT Petitioner is a Compositor Grade I, who is due for promotion to the post of Compositor Sr. Grade. It is stated that she is presently working at the Government Press, Shoranur where the strength of Senior Grade Compositor is six. It is stated that for some reason or other, four such posts of Compositors Sr. Grade have been shifted to other establishments of the Government Press, as a result of which, if the petitioner was ordered to be promoted post will not be available for accommodating her. 2. Petitioner averred that her husband has been undergoing treatment for schizophrenia and that her child is only six years. On account of this she would not able to move out from the present place, if she is promoted and posted outside Shoranur. Highlighting these grievances, she has made Exts.P3 and P4 before the first respondent requesting to retain her in Shoranur itself. It is stated that orders of promotion and consequential WP(C) 24615/07 -: 2 :- transfer are likely to be issued on the 30th of this month and if urgent orders are not passed on Exts.P3 and P4, petitioner will be compelled to move out of Shoranur, causing her untold miseries. 3. Taking into account the aforesaid circumstances, I think that it is only fair that the first respondent considers the petitioner's representations, Exts.P3 and P4, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, before orders of promotion and transfer are issued. I direct so. Petitioner shall produce a copy of this judgment along with the copy of the Writ Petition before the first respondent for compliance. Writ Petition is disposed of as above. Antony Dominic, Judge. ess 14/8