IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD FEBRUARY 2011 / 4TH PHALGUNA 1932 WP(C).No. 5689 of 2011(I) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SHIJUMON M., AGED 19 YEARS, S/O. MUHAMMED KOYA Y., MAMOOLAYIL VADAKKATHIL, (M.R.HOUSE), PANMANA, CHAVARA P.O., KOLLAM-691583. BY ADV. SRI.K.ABDUL JAWAD RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE KERALA MINERALS AND METALS LTD., REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, SANKARAMANGALAM, CHAVARA P.O., KOLLAM-691 583. ADV.B.S.KRISHNAN, SC ADV.K.ANAND THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/02/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No. 5689 of 2011 ================== Dated this the 23rd day of February, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner applied for the post of Junior Worker in the 1st respondent company. He has been refused to be interviewed by the respondent on the ground that he is under-aged. The minimum age prescribed is 18 years and as per the date of birth entered in the SSLC book, he is under-aged. According to the petitioner, his actual date of birth is as obtaining in Ext.P1 birth certificate issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, going by which, he is not under-aged. He has filed an application for correction of the date of birth in his SSLC book. The petitioner's prayer in this writ petition is that the petitioner also may be provisionally interviewed subject to correction of his date of birth. I do not think that the petitioner's prayer can be granted. It is for the petitioner to satisfy the respondent that he has all the qualifications as on the last date for submitting the application. The petitioner has failed to do so. I cannot direct the respondent to wait until the petitioner is able to prove his age qualification also. Therefore, the petitioner is not entitled to the discretionary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2