JUDGMENT

The petitioner is working as Lecturer in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur. The main prayer in the writ petition is for a direction to the first respondent to issue orders promoting the petitioner as Assistant Professor in Electrical & Electronics Engineering in the existing vacancies and also grant her on such promotion the redesignation as Associate Professor as per Ext.P13. It is the case of the petitioner that even though she was appointed as a lecturer, as per Ext.P13 Government Order dated 7.12.2010 the said post is redesignated as Assistant Professor. The petitioner has completed more than 12 years of service in the teaching post and she is the seniormost Lecturer awaiting further promotion in the next arising vacancy. It is pointed out in the writ petition that at present four vacancies are existing and Ext.P9 is produced in support of the same. The petitioner has produced Ext.P8 order by which three incumbents from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering continuing as Lecturers, along with some others were promoted to the post of Assistant Professor. Thus, it is pointed out that the wpc 29360/2011 2 peti