IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 10TH JUNE 2011 / 20TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 15610 of 2011(R) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- MR.BJOY M.S.RAJ,RUBY DALE, T.C.20/1388(1),KUNCHALUMMOODU,KARAMANA P.O. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695002 BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN SRI.SAIJO HASSAN SRI.RAFEEK. V.K. SRI.BENOJ C AUGUSTIN SRI.PRATHAP PILLAI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. REGISTRAR(ADMINISTRAION) HIGH COURT OF KERALA, KOCHI-683031 2. SECRETARY, MUNSIFF MAGISTRATE RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE REP.BY REGISTRAR (ADMINISTRATION) 2ND FLOOR, HIGH COURT BUILDING, KOCHI-31 ADV. SRI. UNNIKRISHNA KAIMAL. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) No. 15610 of 2011 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 10th day of June, 2011. J U D G M E N T The petitioner applied for participating in the selection process for appointment to the post of Munsiff-Magistrate in the Kerala Judicial Service. His application was rejected by Ext. P2, stating that the designation of the gazetted officer who attested the photograph is not stated in the application. The petitioner submits that that is not a defect sufficient to reject the application. The learned standing counsel for the High Court submits that the defect actually is that the person who attested the photograph is not a gazetted officer at all. He submits that it has been attested by an additional Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor of a district court, who is not a gazetted officer. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute the fact that the additional Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor of the district court is not a gazetted officer. That being so, clearly, his application is invalid. Although counsel for the petitioner tried to invoke the sympathy of the court stating that the petitioner was unaware about the status of the attesting officer and that this is a last chance, I am not inclined to invoke such sympathy, which will result in anomalous situations in future. In the above circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/ [TRUE COPY] P.S TO JUDGE.