IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI FRIDAY, THE 13TH JUNE 2008 / 23RD JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 16762 of 2008(U) ---------------------------------- PETITIONERS: ------------------ 1. G.ANIL KUMAR, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, SABARIMALA, PATHANAMTHITTA DIST. 2. V.HARIKUMAR, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, ALUVA MAHADEVA TEMPLE, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, ALUVA, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 3. P.D.VIMAL KUMAR, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER CHETTIKULANGARA DEVASWOM, MAVELIKKARA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.N.N.SUGUNAPALAN (SR.) SRI.S.SUJIN RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN, SC, TDB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI,J. ------------------------- W.P ( C) No.16762 of 2008 -------------------------- Dated this the 13th June, 2008 J U D G M E N T Petitioners are employees in the Travancore Devaswom Board. The 1st petitioner is working as Administrative Officer at Sabarimala and the 2nd petitioner is working as Administrative Officer at Aluva Mahadeva Temple. Third petitioner is working as Administrative Officer at Chettikulangara Devaswom in Mavelikara. 2. Exhibit-P1 contains the norms regulating the transfer of Devaswom Board Employees. Employees are liable to be transferred after one year's service in a particular station. According to them, the 1st petitioner has now been transferred from Sabarimala to Assistant Devaswom Commissioner's Office, Thiruvalla as Assistant Devaswom Commissioner and second petitioner has been transferred from Aluva Mahadeva Temple to the Devaswom Board's Office at Thiruvananthapuram as Assistant Secretary. Third petitioner has been transferred W.P ( C) No.16762 of 2008 2 from the Administrative Office of the Chettikulangara to Mavelikara as Assistant Devaswom Commissioner. Petitioners contend that though the norms have been laid down regulating the transfer of employees, the norms have been deviated in several cases. They have brought this to the notice of the Devaswom Board under Exhibits P4 and P5. 3. I heard Sri.N.N.Sugunapalan ,learned senior counsel for the petitioners and Sri. Nagaraj Narayanan, learned counsel for the respondents In the result, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to consider Exhibits P4 and P5 in the light of the averments made in page 3 of the writ petition and take suitable action thereon, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Petitioners shall produce a copy of the writ petition along with copy of this judgment before the Secretary of the Board, who shall place it before the Board for appropriate decision. (V.GIRI, JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No.16762 of 2008 3 W.P ( C) No.16762 of 2008 4