IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD NOVEMBER 2010 / 12TH KARTHIKA 1932 WP(C).No. 13778 of 2010(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. K.V.SUNEESHMON, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KUMBALA, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. 2. T.RAGHAVAN, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, NEELESWARAM, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. 3. K.RAJAN, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, NEELESWARAM, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. 4. P.V.GOPALAKRISHNAN, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, BADIADKA, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. 5. P.MOHANAN, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE CIRCLE OFFICE, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. 6. JOSEPH J., EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.SASINDRAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY, TAXES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, COMMISSIONERATE OF EXCISE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, KASARAGOD. ADV. SRI.ALEXANDER THOMAS,SC,KPSC FOR R3 GOVT. PLEADER SRI. NANDAKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 03/11/2010, ALONW WITH W.P.C.NO. 15261/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) Nos. 13778 & 15261 of 2010 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 3rd day of November, 2010. J U D G M E N T Petitioners are Excise Guards provisionally promoted as Preventive Officers in the vacancies available. They have filed these writ petitions challenging appointment of Preventive Officers by direct recruitment through Public Service Commission on the ground that direct recruits are in excess of the quota prescribed as per the Special Rules. The very same question was considered by a learned Judge of this Court in W.P(C) No. 653/2008 and connected cases and those cases were dismissed by judgment dated 19.8.2010. That judgment was taken in appeal in W.A.No. 1576/2010 and connected cases. The same were also dismissed with certain observations. In the above circumstances, insofar as the facts in these cases are identical to the facts in those cases, these writ petitions are disposed of in terms of those judgments. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/ [TRUE COPY] P.S TO JUDGE.