IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 21ST DECEMBER 2009 / 30TH AGRAHAYANA 1931 WP(C).No. 34655 of 2009(B) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- K.K.BETTY, (HEADMISTRESS UNDER SUSPENSION), AUPS, KANNARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O.AUGUSTINE, KADALAMKATTU, KANNARA. BY MR.MANZOOR ALI K.A., ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GENERAL EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT(ANNEX), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, THRISSUR EAST, THRISSUR. 3. THE MANAGER, AUPS, KANNARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY MR.T.T. MUHAMOOD, SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/12/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.34655 OF 2009 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 21st day of December, 2009. J U D G M E N T The petitioner, Headmistress of the school managed by the 3rd respondent, has filed this writ petition seeking to quash the order of suspension produced as Exhibit P5 herein. The second prayer in the writ petition is for a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and dispose of Exhibit P6 appeal filed by the petitioner. 2. After the matter was adjourned for further hearing, learned Government Pleader submitted that the Assistant Educational Officer has already passed an order directing the petitioner to be reinstated in service. Later the petitioner produced the said order as Exhibit P7 and the learned counsel for the petitioner had sought for further time to ascertain whether the petitioner was reinstated in service. But, subsequently, it was W.P.(C) No.34655/2009 2 known to her that the Manager filed a revision petition against the same and has obtained an interim order of stay as per Exhibit P10 whereby the Government has stayed the implementation of Exhibit P7 till the revision is disposed of. Accordingly, the petitioner has been placed under suspension until further orders by Exhibit P11 by the Manager. In these circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner prayed that the revision petition filed by the Manager before the Government may be directed to be disposed of within a time frame as otherwise it will cause acute hardship to the petitioner. In the light of the order proposed to be passed, it is not necessary to issue notice to the 3rd respondent. Since the revision petition is pending before the Government, this Court is not considering the issue on merits. The 1st respondent will consider the revision petition filed by the 3rd respondent which is mentioned in Exhibit P10 order No.73689/B2.08/Gen.Edn. dated 11.12.2009 and dispose of the same within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after hearing the petitioner and the Manager. The 1st respondent will W.P.(C) No.34655/2009 3 serve a copy of the revision petition filed by the Manager to the petitioner. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp