IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 11TH JANUARY 2010 / 21TH POUSHA 1931 WP(C).No. 867 of 2010(G) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- AMRITHA. A., D/O.AJAYAKUMAR. N.S., N.S. NIVAS, PUTHIYAKAVU P.O., KILIMANOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. REPRESENTED BY HER MOTHER AJI SREERAJ, AGED 39 YEARS, W/O.AJAYAKUMAR. N.S., N.S.NIVAS, PUTHIYAKAVU P.O., KILIMANOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. MR.KRISHNADAS P. NAIR, MR.HARIDAS P.NAIR, SMT.K.L.SREEKALA. RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE GENERAL CONVENOR, KERALA SCHOOL KALOTSAVAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 TO R3 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.P.N. SANTHOSH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No. 867 of 2010-G - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 11th day of January, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner participated in the Kerala School Kalolsavam 2009- 2010 in Thiruvananthapuram Revenue District and was awarded with the certificate of merit in respect of Kuchuppudi by granting A grade. The petitioner filed an appeal challenging the result. She seeks for a direction to allow her to participate in the Kerala State School Youth Festival in the item Kuchuppudi to be held on 12.1.2010. 2. Learned Govt. Pleader on instructions, submitted that there is wide variation between the marks obtained by the petitioner and the candidate who was placed as first. Going by the averments in the writ petition, no serious infirmities have been pointed out with regard to the assignment of A grade only to the petitioner. The petitioner is banking upon the results of the competition for the earlier years which do not automatically allow the petitioner to participate in the item Kuchuppudi this year. I do not find any ground to interfere with the award of A grade only to the petitioner, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.)