IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 24TH AUGUST 2009 / 2ND BHADRA 1931 WP(C).No. 24175 of 2009(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- MANJU ANNIE MATHEW, VOCATIONAL TEACHER IN PRINTING TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT V.H.S.S. (BOYS), VADAKKANCHERRY, THRISSUR DISTRICT, HAVING PERMANENT RESIDENCE AT TC NO.44/448,HOLY CROSS, VALIATHURA (P.O)THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN SRI.SAIJO HASSAN SRI.A.S.SABU RESPONDENT(S): -------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT TRIVANDRUM. 2. DIRECTOR, VHSE DEPARTMENT, TRIVANDRUM. GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SHRI A.J.VARGHESE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.24175/2009-N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 24th day of August, 2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner herein is working as Vocational Teacher in Printing Technology in Government G.H.S.S. Boys, Thrissur. She is a native of Valiathura, Thiruvananthapuram District. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking for a direction to the respondents to consider her claim for a transfer to Government V.H.S.E for Deaf, Jagathy, Thiruvananthapuram or any other school in Thiruvananthapuram District. The petitioner's daughter who is aged 4 years is deaf and dumb and has to undergo intensive language speech therapy in an early intervention centre for a minimum of 2 to 3 years. Exts.P1 and P2 are the certificates produced by the petitioner in support of the same. It is therefore, pointed out that the petitioner as mother will have to stay with her child, since her child will have to be given training on a regular basis. 2. The petitioner is relying upon Exts.P3 to P5 Government Orders, which according to the petitioner provides special consideration to the parents of mentally retarded children in the matter of transfer to stations of their choice. The petitioner has already filed Ext.P6 representation before the Director, namely, the second respondent. W.P.(C). No.24175/2009 -:2:- 3. There will be a direction to the second respondent to take a decision on Ext.P6 and communicate the same to the petitioner, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. The petitioner will produce a copy of the writ petition along with a copy of the judgment before the second respondent for compliance. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms