IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 1ST JULY 2010 / 10TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 20414 of 2010(B) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SREEVIDHYA S .MARAR.,'IVIYA' ANCHERY-680006,THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.A.G.BASIL RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT,KALADY,REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR. 2. VICE CHANCELLOR, SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT,KALADY. 3. SECRETARY, KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATTAM,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV.ALEXANDER THOMAS, SC ADV.VIJAYA MOHANAN, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No. 20414 of 2010 ================== Dated this the 1st day of July, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner challenges Ext.P7 memo issued by the 1st respondent University to the petitioner, wherein they refused to issue an equivalency certificate for the M.Sc. (Psychology) degree obtained by the petitioner from the Madras University. The writ petition proceeds on the basis that the petitioner has got a regular M.Sc. (Psychology) degree from the Madras University and that other similarly placed degree holders have been given equivalency certificates, singling out the petitioner for hostile discrimination. On a reading of Ext.P7, I found that the University had refused to issue equivalency certificate to the petitioner on the ground that M.Sc. (Psychology) degree of the Madras University through correspondence cannot be recognised as equivalent to M.A. (Psychology) degree of the University. Nowhere in the writ petition has the petitioner stated that the petitioner had obtained M.Sc. (Psychology) degree from the Madras University by distance education. The petitioner has also not taken a contention that the degree obtained by distance education is equivalent to the degree obtained by attending regular course of studies. The petitioner has also not stated that the other persons who have been given equivalency certificates had also obtained degrees by w.p.c.20414/10 2 distance education. As such, the petitioner is guilty of suppressing material facts in the writ petition. On that ground, I am inclined to dismiss this writ petition. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge