IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD MARCH 2011 / 2ND CHAITHRA 1933 WP(C).No. 9221 of 2011(C) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SINITH.M.S, S/O. SIDHARTHAN.M.G, AGED 29 YEARS, LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, RESIDING AT MATHRAMKOTE HOUSE, MUTHVATTOOR, CHAVAKKAD, THRISSUR. BY ADV. SRI.P.GOPAKUMARAN NAIR SRI.C.S.DIAS SRI.N.K.SUBRAMANIAN SMT.REKHA VASUDEVAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001 2. THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001 3. THE PRINCIPAL, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001 4. KIRAN.R, LECTURER, GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, PAINAVU, IDUKKI-685 001 GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.NISHA BOSE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/03/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.9221/2011-C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 23rd day of March, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as Lecturer in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. He was appointed as such, as per the advice made by the Public Service Commission dated 08/07/2010. He joined the present station on 17/09/2010 as evidenced by Ext.P2. 2. The petitioner points out that after he joined the job, he was selected for the Financial Assistance to carry out a research project for Video based Hand Gesture Recognition for converting sign language to spoken language and, accordingly, an amount of Rs.58,000/- has been sanctioned as the first instalment. It is also pointed out that the petitioner has already commenced the research work since in the present station there are various facilities. 3. He is presently confronted with an order of transfer, Ext.P4, dated 27/02/2011 by which the second W.P.(C). No.9221/2011 -:2:- respondent has transferred him to Government Engineering College, Idukki. In his place, the fourth respondent has been sought to be transferred. 4. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner's name was not included in the provisional list said to have been published as per Circular dated 23/02/2011. Pointing out these aspects, the petitioner has filed representations as per Exts.P5 and P6. 5. There will be a direction to the second respondent to take a decision on Ext.P5 representation filed by the petitioner in the light of various contentions raised by the petitioner. The same will be considered with notice to the petitioner and the fourth respondent within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this Judgment. Till the representation is considered and orders are passed, the implementation of Ext.P4 order, as far as the petitioner is concerned, will be kept in abeyance. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. Sd/- (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms \\TRUE COPY// P.A TO JUDGE