IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 24TH MAY 2011 / 3RD JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 13932 of 2011(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SURESH BABU V.V., THANIKKOTTUMMEL HOUSE, PAZHUR, VIA. MAVOOR, KOZHIKODE-673661. BY ADV. SRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REP. BY THE SECRETARY, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VAIDYUTHI BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (HRM), KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDYUTHI BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. ADV.K.S.ANIL, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/05/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No. 13932 of 2011 ================== Dated this the 24th day of May, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an ITI certificate holder. He is an aspirant for selection to the post of Electricity Worker/Mazdoor in the Kerala State Electricity Board. As per the notification inviting applications, persons who have passed SSLC are barred from applying for the post. The petitioner submits that such a restriction is arbitrary and unreasonable. The petitioner has, therefore, filed Ext.P12 representation before the 1st respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P12 expeditiously. Having heard the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents also, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P12, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge