IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 20TH FEBRUARY 2007 / 1ST PHALGUNA 1928 WP(C).No. 9529 of 2004(H) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- BIJU V.S. VAZHAYIL HOUSE, KUDAYATHOOR, IDUKKI. BY ADV. SRI.P.RAMAKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: ---------------------- 1. THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, P.S.C. HEAD QUARTERS, THULASI HILLS, PATTOM, PALACE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REP. BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE DISTRICT OFFICER, KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, DISTRICT OFFICE, KERALA STATE HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, 4TH FLOOT, KATTAPPANA IDUKKI. BY ADV.SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/02/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ----------------------------------- WP(C) No. 9529 of 2004 ------------------------- Dated, this the 20th day of February, 2007 J U D G M E N T The petitioner applied for selection through PSC. Even though the petitioner participated in the test and submitted answer book, the same was not valued because the petitioner did not blacken the alpha code in the answer book. Petitioner’s case is that petitioner marked the answers with dots (.), instead of bubbling and also admitted that he used pencil instead of ballpoint pen as required, as per the instructions given by the PSC. The learned Standing Counsel for the PSC submitted that answer book could not be valued because of wrong answering of the petitioner by not bubbling the columns. Since the answer books are valued through computer scanning, there is no scope for separate valuation of answer books of few candidates. In the circumstance, and since petitioner admittedly did not fill up the answers as instructed by PSC and since the selection list published by the PSC in the examination written by the petitioner W.P.(C)No. 9529/2004 -Page numbers- has expired, there is no scope for interference. Accordingly this writ petition is dismissed. (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE.) jg