MARYA RAMA RAO Vs. STATE OF GOA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard. The Petitioner, who was appointed as a staff nurse on 30/01/1973, and promoted as Assistant Matron on 29/08/2003 retired voluntarily w.e.f. 11/06/2004, during the pendency of this petition, as per the Government Scheme for voluntary retirement, circulated vide circular dated 16/02/2004. In this petition, the Petitioner has sought various reliefs, many of which are irrelevant and redundant.

(2.) The petition was amended from time to time. On 30/10/2001, on a statement made by the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner, Respondents Nos. 4 and 5 were deleted, the former having retired from service and the latter having expired. Subsequently, the Petitioner joined Respondent No.7 who was promoted subsequent to the Petitioner as Assistant Matron on 16/06/2004 and became a Matron from 4/08/2006. Apart from the fact that Respondent No.7 has not been served in this petition, by the Petitioner, the Petitioner can have no grievance against her promotion, either as Assistant Matron or Matron, since the Petitioner herself retired as Assistant Matron on 11/06/2004.

(3.) The first grievance of the Petitioner is that she should be placed above Respondent No.6 Smt. Tereziamma Fernandes in seniority. We find there is no merit in the said submission of the Petitioner. Admittedly, the Petitioner and Respondent No.6 Smt. Tereziamma Fernandes were appointed as Staff Nurses on 30/01/1973 in the Directorate of Health Services and Respondent No.6 was senior to the Petitioner. The Petitioner was posted at the Primary Health Center, Aldona under the said Directorate of Health Services.