IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 13TH JANUARY 2011 / 23RD POUSHA 1932 WP(C).No. 38453 of 2010(F) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- K.MOHANAN, ASSISTANT FOREMAN, GOVERNMENT PRESS(BINDING SECTION), VAZHOOR, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.SIVAN MADATHIL RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR PRINTING DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS, VAZHOOR, KOTTAYAM. 4. K.K.SUJATHA, SENIOR GRADE BINDER, GOVERNMENT PRESS, MANNANTHALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.ANTONY MUKKATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No.38453 of 2010 ================== Dated this the 13th day of January, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an employee of the Printing Department of the Government of Kerala. According to the petitioner, on account of his association with a union of employees of the Government of Kerala affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress, he has been subjected to some disciplinary enquiry, which is at the final stage. The petitioner is presently working in the Government press at Vazhoor in Kottayam district. The petitioner's home district is Thiruvananthapuram. Because of his family circumstances, which includes an aged and ailing brother bedridden due to paralysis, the petitioner is unable to shift his residence to Kottayam. Therefore, the petitioner presently needs a transfer to Thiruvananthapuram District. According to the petitioner, there are vacancies in Thiruvananthapuram, to which, the petitioner can be accommodated. Seeking this relief, the petitioner has filed Exts.P2 and P3 representations before the Chief Minister of the State of Kerala. The petitioner presently seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Exts.P2 and P3 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 3. I am of opinion that in the peculiar circumstances of the w.p.c.38453/10 2 case, it is only appropriate that the 1st respondent considers Exts.P2 and P3 expeditiously. Accordingly, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Exts.P2 and P3, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge