IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 26TH MAY 2011 / 5TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 11716 of 2011(L) ------------------------ PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- 1. BIJU.S.D, BIJU BHAVAN, KAKKALAMKANAM, NELLIKKAKUZHI, KANJIRAMKULAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- 695 524. 2. SURESHKUMAR.S.M, PANAYARATHALAMOOLA VEEDU, KARODE P.O., KARODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 506. BY ADV. SRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATTOM, THIRUVANTHAPURAM-695 004. 2. DISTRICT OFFICER, KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. R1 & R2 BY ADV. SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN, SC, KPSC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/05/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No. 11716 of 2011 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 26th day of May, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioners submitted application for selection to the post of Driver Grade-II (Light Duty Vehicle) in Thiruvananthapuram District. According to the petitioners, they belonged to SIUC Nadar community, members of which community are entitled to reservation in appointments. They filled up the application form in accordance with the community entered in their S.S.L.C. Books which happened to be wrong. As a result, their claim for community reservation was not considered. Subsequently the petitioners got their S.S.L.C. Book appropriately corrected and claimed reservation as applicable to candidates of SIUC Nadar community. That is not being considered is their grievance in this writ petition. I have heard the learned standing counsel for the Kerala Public Service Commission also. The Public Service Commission is bound to decide community status of W.P.(C)No. 11716 of 2011 -2- candidates in accordance with the information supplied by the applicants along with the application. The fact that subsequently the candidates got the S.S.L.C. Book corrected will not entitle them to claim reservation on the basis of such correction insofar as the P.S.C. cannot be blamed in the matter in any way. If at all anybody is to be blamed it is the petitioners themselves, because it was perfectly open to them to obtain a community certificate from Tahsildar or the Village Officer concerned and fill up the application forms appropriately. The least they could have done is to enter their community correctly in the application and to produce documents in support thereof, which admittedly they have not done. In the above circumstances this court cannot countenance the contentions of the petitioners in this writ petition. Accordingly the writ petition is dismissed. Sd/- S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE //True copy// shg/ P.A. TO JUDGE