IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 15TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 24TH BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 28487 of 2010(I) ------------------- ------------------ PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ 1. SREELATHA K.,ANGANWADI WORKER, MURIYANKANNI, CHATHALLUR P.O., PIN-678583 ,PALAKKAD DIST. 2. BUSHARA S,ANGANWADY WORKER, MANALUMPURAM, C.NO.221, PIN-678583 PALAKKAD DIST BY ADV. SRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PATTOM ,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2. THE PROJECTOR OFFICER, I.C.D.S.MANARKKAD, PALAKKAD DIST 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 4. THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, PALAKKAD. R1 BY ADV. SRI.ALEXANDER THOMAS, SC, P.S.C. R3 & R4 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.ARAVINDAKUMAR BABU T.K. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No.28487 of 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 15th day of September, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioners are Anganwadi Workers. By Ext.P1 notification, the Public Service Commission invited applications for selection to the post of ICDS Supervisors from Anganwadi Workers. Petitioners applied. At the time of verification of certificates the petitioners were expected to produce experience certificates from the Project Officer. Originally the Project Officer issued certificates without taking into account certain periods of the petitioners' service, and therefore the same did not satisfy the eligibility conditions. Therefore the petitioners could not be considered for inclusion in the rank list since the certificates produced by them did not satisfy the eligibility condition. But later on, they obtained from the Project Officer correct experience certificates and produced the same before the PSC. But by that time the last date fixed W.P.(C)No.28487 of 2010 -2- for production of certificates had already expired. Consequently the petitioners were not included in the rank list. According to the petitioners, it is not because of any fault on their part that they were unable to produce proper experience certificates before the P.S.C. and it is solely because of the fault on the part of the 2nd respondent in issuing the appropriate experience certificates, which they have now obtained. Therefore they have filed Exts.P13 & P14 representations before the Public Service Commission along with the experience certificates, they have now obtained. They seek a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Exts.P13 & P14 as expeditiously as possible. I have heard the standing counsel appearing for the Public Service Commission as well as the Government Pleader. I am of opinion that, in so far as the petitioners are poor Anganwadi Workers and it is not because of their fault that the 2nd respondent did not issue correct experience certificates in time, the Public Service Commission should W.P.(C)No.28487 of 2010 -3- consider the representations of the petitioners as sympathetically as possible. This the 1st respondent shall consider as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE shg/