IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 21ST JULY 2010 / 30TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 22782 of 2010(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- S.CHANDRA PRABHA,SANKARALAYAM HOUSE, MUTHUPILAKKADU WEST,PORUVAZHY,BHARANICAVU, KOLLAM DISTRICT-690 520. BY ADV. SRI.P.SANTHALINGAM, SENIOR ADVOCATE RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR,HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. PUBLIC SERIVICE COMMISSION,PATTOM, THIRUVNANATHAPURAM,REP.BY SECRETARY. 4. DIRECTOR,LBS CENTRE,BAKERY JUNCTION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.P.B.SURESH KUMAR SC, LBS CENTRE FOR R4 GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.P.NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No. 22782 of 2010 ================== Dated this the 21st day of July, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a candidate who appeared in the State Eligibility Test conducted in 2010. The petitioner did not succeed. According to the petitioner, the petitioner lost by a very narrow margin and she lost only because of the award of negative marks for wrong answers. According to the petitioner, the award of negative marks is unsustainable and even for NET the same has been dispensed with. The petitioner has got a further contention that instead of granting 12 marks as moderation, the respondents should have given 1.75% marks as grace marks. Airing her grievances, the petitioner has filed Ext.P2 representation before the 1st respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader and the learned Standing Counsel for the 4th respondent. 3. Having heard both sides, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Exts.P2, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2