IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 31ST JANUARY 2011 / 11TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 3020 of 2011(B) ------------------------ PETITIONER : --------------------- DR.V.O.REJINI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, GOVERNMETN ENGINEERING COLLEGE, THRISSUR BY ADV. DR.PAULY MATHEW MURICKEN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-01. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-01. R1 & R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. NISHA BOSE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.3020/2011-B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 31st day of January, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is now working as Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at Government Engineering College, Thrissur. The main grievance of the petitioner is regarding the refusal on the part of the second respondent to grant Senior Scale to the petitioner with effect from 24/06/1997. The petitioner entered service on 24/06/1991 as advised by the P.S.C. The probation was declared as per Ext.P3. 2. The A.I.C.T.E Scheme was implemented as per Ext.P4 order passed by the Government and, as per Clause 3.11 of Ext.P4, all Lecturers who have completed six years of service after regular appointment and participated in refresher courses or summer institutes, or similar training programmes, of eight weeks (total) duration and have consistent satisfactory appraisal reports will be placed in the Senior Scale. Accordingly, it is submitted that the petitioner is liable to be granted Senior Scale with effect from 24/06/1997. Ext.P7 is the copy of the application W.P.(C). No.3020/2011 -:2:- submitted by the petitioner including all the supportive documents and the same was forwarded by Ext.P8 by the Principal. Even though the second respondent passed an order dated 02/05/2009, the petitioner's name does not find a name therein. Therefore, the petitioner filed another representation as per Ext.P9 which has also been forwarded by the Principal to the second respondent as per Ext.P10. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner prayed that a direction may be issued to the second respondent to pass orders on the same within a time frame. There will be a direction to the second respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P7 application and as sought for in Exts.P9 and P10 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Judgment. The petitioner will produce a copy of the writ petition along with a copy of the Judgment before the second respondent for compliance. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. Sd/- (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms \\TRUE COPY// P.A TO JUDGE