IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH AUGUST 2009 / 4TH BHADRA 1931 WP(C).No. 24502 of 2009(G) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- ROSE VINU K.P., JUNIOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE GRADE-I, PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MANGALAPADY, KASARGOD. BY ADV. SRI.S.SANTHOSH KUMAR SRI.S.VINODKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): ----------------------- 1. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICE, DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH SERVICES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, KANGHANGAD, KASARGOD. SENIOR GOVT.PLEADER SMT.ANU SIVARAMAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN ------------------------------------------------ W.P.(C) No. 24502 of 2009-G ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 26th day of August, 2009 JUDGMENT Heard Sri.S.Santhosh Kumar, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt..Anu Sivaraman, the learned Senior Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner is presently working as Junior Public Health Nurse Grade I in Kasaragode district. She applied for appointment in that district and was advised and appointed in that district in the year 1997. She belongs to Aroor in Alappuzha district. The grievance voiced by her in this writ petition is that repeated requests by her seeking inter-district transfer to Alappuzha or Ernakulam district have not been considered. The petitioner submits that she has filed Ext.P2 representation dated 6.7.2009 before the Director of Health Services seeking transfer to Alappuzha or Ernakulam district. In this writ petition the petitioner seeks a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to consider the request made by her in Ext.P2 and to take a decision taken within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. W.P.(C) No.24502/2009-G - 2 - 3. Whether, going by the guidelines governing transfer and posting of Junior Public Health Nurses and the vacancies available, the petitioner can be accommodated either in Ernakulam or Alappuzha district, taking note of the service rendered by her for the past 12 years in Kasaragode district, is primarily a matter to be decided by Director of Health Services. Ext.P1 discloses that a large number of persons have been transferred from the northern districts and posted in the southern districts. In such circumstances, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Director of Health Services to consider the request made by the petitioner in Ext.P2 and to take a decision expeditiously and, in any event, within three months from the date on which the petitioner produces a copy of the writ petition along with a certified copy of this judgment before him. SD/- P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. dkr / TRUE COPY / PA TO JUDGE