IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH DECEMBER 2009 / 25TH AGRAHAYANA 1931 WP(C).No. 36284 of 2009(R) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- EMILY P.JOHN,CHERUPARAMBIL HOUSE, MUPPULIPOTTY,PALLIKKUTH.P.O,CHUNGATHARA, PIN-679 334. BY ADV. SRI.SUNIL KUMAR A.G RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. HIGH COURT OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR (SUBORDINATE JUDICIARY),ERNAKULAM. 2. THE SECRETARY,MUNSIFF-MAGISTRATE RECRUITING COMMITTEE,ERNAKULAM. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/12/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C.) No.36284 of 2009 (R) --------------------------------- Dated, this the 16th day of December, 2009 J U D G M E N T The respondents published a notification dated 24/08/2009 for direct recruitment to the post of Munsiff-Magistrate for filling up the 'No Candidate Available' vacancies of Latin Catholic community. The petitioner states that in response to the notification, she made application. She has now been issued Ext.P1 rejecting her application and the reason stated is that she does not belong to Latin Catholic community. It is stated that this was on account of a mistake that the petitioner made the statement that she did not belong to Latin Catholic community and as she belongs to that community, she seeks an order for allowing her candidature. 2. When the appointing authority assesses the eligibility of a candidate, who applied in response to a notification, they only go by the statements made in the application. In this case, evidently, going by the statement made by the petitioner in the application submitted, she did not belong to Latin Catholic community and WP(C) No.36284/2009 -2- therefore was ineligible. It is therefore that her application has been rejected. Having regard to the facts as disclosed above, I cannot find fault with the 2nd respondent in what has been done in Ext.P1. The writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) jg