IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN FRIDAY, THE 30TH OCTOBER 2009 / 8TH KARTHIKA 1931 WP(C).No. 27292 of 2009(F) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- GILSON JOHN, AGED 37 YEARS, S/O.SILVESTER, VALIYAPARAMBIL HOUSE, 66/1449, PACHALAM, KOCHI-12 BY ADV. MR.A.X.VARGHESE MR.A.V.JOJO MR.P.A.WAZEEM RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, PUBLIC EXAMINATION BOARD,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. COMMISSIONER, GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS POOJAPPURA,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. DIRECTOR , PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. HEADMASTER, ST.ALBERT'S HIGH SCHOOL, ERNAKULAM. R1 TO R4 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.I.V. PRAMOD. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/10/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C).No.27292 of 2009-F = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 30th day of October, 2009. JUDGMENT 1.This writ petition is filed seeking a direction to have an enquiry conducted into the delay in issuing duplicate copy of SSLC book and "to reimburse the compensation amount from the responsible person". Though it appears that petitioner had to move different authorities and this Court had also issued certain directions, after which alone the petitioner was issued a duplicate copy of the SSLC book, I do not find any ground for this Court to exercise its writ jurisdiction and order an enquiry into the delay. This view is fortified by the fact that even in Ext.P8 judgment, this Court had left the petitioner with the freedom to move appropriate authority to have the enquiry. That does not mean that this Court should necessarily order an enquiry. WPC27292/09 -: 2 :- 2.In so far as the claim for compensation is concerned, though the petitioner has raised grounds relatable to the health status of his sister and the fact that he has remained jobless, he does not attribute any failure of his acquiring a job to the non-availability of the duplicate copy of SSLC book. I say this because, he says that he passed the Pre-degree Examination and had also obtained a Degree. He does not show that any application by him for job to any particular employer was rejected on the sole ground that he was not in possession of the duplicate copy of the SSLC book. No ground for compensation is also made out to interfere, at any rate, in exercise of writ jurisdiction. In the result, this writ petition fails. The same is accordingly dismissed in limine. THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE. Sha/141109