IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI MONDAY, THE 2ND JUNE 2008 / 12TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 16364 of 2008(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ V.PRASANNAKUMAR, OVERSEER, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOIL CONSERVATION, KATTAPPANA. BY ADV. SRI.P.K.SURESH KUMAR SMT.PRIYA VIJAYAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE (SC UNIT), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. ROBINSON PERERA, OVERSEER, OFFICE OF THE SOIL CONSERVATION OFFICER, THAMARASSERY, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI, J ------------------- W.P.(C).16364/2008 -------------------- Dated this the 2nd day of June, 2008 JUDGMENT Petitioner, who is an Overseer in the Department of Soil Conservation, is aggrieved that he has been denied a posting in Thiruvananthapuram District which is his native place. Apparently, the petitioner, who was posted at Kattappana wherein he has been serving since June, 2005, has sought for a transfer and posting in Thiruvananthapuram District. But now he has been given a posting at Thamarassery in Kozhikode District, to which he has not exercised his option as such. 2. I heard learned counsel for the petitioner Mr.P.K. Suresh Kumar and the learned Senior Government Pleader Mr.Nandakumar. 3. A transfer out of Kattappana is not specifically objected to by the petitioner. But the petitioner’s grievance is that he has been denied a posting either in Thiruvananthapuram or Kollam. He is also aggrieved by the fact that he is given a posting at Thamarassery. W.P.(C).16364/2008 2 4. In the circumstances, I am of the view that the petitioner’s claim for a posting in Thiruvananthapuram District or Kollam District as the case may be, can be considered with reference to the fact that he has been given a posting at Thamarassery. 5. In the result, writ petition is disposed of in the following terms:- 6. If the petitioner files a representation before the Director within two weeks from today, reiterating the aspects mentioned above, it shall be considered by the Director and a decision taken thereon within a period of two weeks thereafter. The fact that the petitioner has now been transferred under Ext.P1 to Thamarassery shall not as such weigh with the Director in considering the petitioner’s request for a posting in Thiruvananthapuram District or Kollam District, on merits. V.GIRI, Judge mrcs