IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 7TH JUNE 2010 / 17TH JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 17478 of 2010(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- P.A.JOSEPH, SENIOR ASSISTANT, ELECTRICAL DIVISION, VAIKOM, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.N.RADHAKRISHNAN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, VAIDYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, (HRM), KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VAIDHYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. SRI.K.S.ANIL, SC, KSEB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ================ W.P.(C) NO. 17478 OF 2010 (H) ===================== Dated this the 7th day of June, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioner is a Senior Assistant working under the 1st respondent. He was working in the Electrical Division, Vaikom and by Ext.P3 order, he has been transferred to Electrical Circle, Vadakara. Petitioner submits that his mother is a cancer patient and has produced certificates in support of this contention. He says that there is nobody else to look after his mother, and therefore, he should be exempted from being transferred and that he has filed Ext.P4 representation before the 2nd respondent. According to the petitioner, it was ignoring Ext.P4 that he has now been transferred. 2. So long as the petitioner holds a transferable post and has completed his tenure, it is always open to the 1st respondent to transfer the petitioner. That apart, petitioner has not made out any case of malafides or arbitrariness in Ext.P3 order of transfer warranting interference of this Court. 3. Be that as it may, since the petitioner has highlighted his personal difficulties and has filed Ext.P4, I direct the 2nd WPC No. 17478/10 :2 : respondent to consider Ext.P4 and pass orders thereon and remedy the grievance of the petitioner to the extent possible. This shall be done, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within 4 weeks of production of a copy of this judgment along with a copy of this writ petition. Writ petition is disposed of as above. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE Rp