IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH JUNE 2011 / 8TH ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 17556 of 2011(T) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------- JAYASREE.V.S,W/O.C.RAJENDRAN,'PRANAVAM', AKKONAM,CHADAYAMANGALAM.P.O,KOLLAM(LG HINDI TEACHER(RETRENCHED),HINDU UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL, ERAMELLIKARA). BY ADVS. SRI.S.SUBHASH CHAND SMT.V. AJITHA RESPONDENT(S): -------------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,DEPATMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION,SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,O/O. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 3. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, MAVELIKKARA-690101. 4. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, ATTINGAL-695001. 5. THE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, CHENGANNUR - 689 121. 6. THE CORPORATE MANAGER,TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD SCHOOLS/SECRETARY,TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, DEVASWOM BUILDING,NANDHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 7. K.R.SURESH,LOWER GRDE HINDI(PT),TEACHER, HINDU.U.P.SCHOOL,ERAMELLIKARA - 689 109. R1 TO R5 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.V.VIJULAL R6 BY ADV. SRI.G.BIJU THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: svs W.P.(C). NO. 17556/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: COPY OF THE ORDER OF APPOINTMENT DATED 04/01/1996. P2: COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 26/06/2002 ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.6. P3: COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 06/07/2007 ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.5, THE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, CHENGANNUR. P4: COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 20/05/2003 ISSUED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.6. P5: COPY OF THE GOVERNMENT ORDER BEARING G.O.(P)NO.259/2006/G.EDN. DATED 12/10/2006 ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.1. P6: COPY OF THE CIRCULAR DATED 18/05/2007 ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.1. P7: COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 27/01/2011 PASSED BY RESPONDENT NO.6 RETRENCHING THE PETITIONER RETROSPECTIVELY WITH EFFECT FROM 15/07/2010. P8: COPY OF THE STATUTORY REVISION PETITION SUBMITTED BEFORE RESPONDENT NO.1 DATED 15/05/2011. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE. svs T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.17556/2011-T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 29th day of June, 2011 J U D G M E N T This writ petition is filed seeking for a direction is sought for to the Government to consider and pass orders on Ext.P8 which is styled as a revision petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Standing Counsel for the Devaswom Board and the learned Government Pleader. 3. The third prayer in the writ petition is to grant a declaration that the retrenchment of the petitioner from an uneconomic school by Ext.P7 order for the purpose of accommodating respondent No.7 is unsustainable and contrary to Exts.P6 and P7 Government Order and Circular. Ext.P7 is the order passed by the Management dated 27/01/2011. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the benefit that is given to the seventh respondent by the same cannot be sustained at all. 4. I am not going into the details of the contentions raised by the petitioner. The petitioner W.P.(C). No.17556/2011 -:2:- has elaborated the same in the body of the writ petition and in the 'grounds'. There will be a direction to the Government to take a decision on Ext.P8 after hearing the petitioner and respondent Nos.6 and 7 within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this Judgment. The petitioner will forward a copy of the writ petition along with a copy of the Judgment to the first respondent for compliance. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. Sd/- (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms