IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN FRIDAY, THE 3RD OCTOBER 2008 / 11TH ASWINA 1930 WP(C).No. 19311 of 2008(Y) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SREENIVAS.D, NADAYIL VADAKALATHIL VEEDU, MULANKADEYAM, THIRUMULLAVARAM.P.O, KOLLAM - 12. BY ADV. SRI.PRATHEESH.P RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOLLAM. ADDL. 2. THE HONORARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JAWAHAR BAL BHAVAN, KOLLAM (IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 30.7.2008 IN I.A.NO.9929/08) BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.P.NANDAKUMAR. (R1) BY ADV. SRI.P.LEELAKRISHNAN FOR R2 SRI.SHYAM KRISHNAN FOR R2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.19311 of 2008 ------------------------------- Dated this the 3rd October, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner who holds 'GANAPRAVEENA', a post graduate diploma in Music, awarded by the Education Department of the Government of Kerala, has filed this writ petition aggrieved by the delay on the part of the respondents in publishing the results of the interview held on 15.2.2008 for appointment to the post of Mridangam Instructor. 2. The second respondent has filed a counter affidavit stating that the petitioner was ranked second in the ranked list published pursuant to the interview held on 15.2.2008; that the Managing Committee, after considering the ranked list, noticed that a candidate holding 'GANABHUSHANAM' has been preferred over candidates possessing the qualification of 'GANAPRAVEENA', which is a higher qualification; and that after obtaining expert opinion, the Managing Committee has at its meeting held on 16.2.2008, resolved to cancel the ranked list W.P.(C) No.19311 of 2008 2 and to conduct a fresh interview of all the candidates who appeared for the interview held on 15.2.2008. The second respondent also submits that a fresh selection will be made after the disposal of the writ petition from among the candidates who appeared for the interview held on 15.2.2008. 3. In the light of the stand taken by the respondents, the petitioner cannot have any subsisting grievance. It is evident from Ext.R2(a) that petitioner was ranked only second in the ranked list. There is only one post of Mridangam Instructor in the service of the second respondent. As the respondents have decided to cancel the existing ranked list and to hold a fresh selection for the reason that candidates possessing lower qualification were preferred, the petitioner cannot have any subsisting grievance. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondents to conduct a fresh interview of all W.P.(C) No.19311 of 2008 3 the candidates who appeared for the interview earlier conducted on 15.2.2008 and to complete the selection process within a period of one month from today. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE nj.