IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 28TH JANUARY 2011 / 8TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 969 of 2011(U) ------------------------ PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. MANOJ SEBASTIAN,S/O.SEBASTIAN.M.J, MALIYECKAL HOUSE, ANGADY, CHANGANACHERY,KOTTAYAM. 2. ANANDAN.R,S/O.RAGHAVAN .A, KALLAMPOTTAVILA HOUSE,MANGATTUKADAVU, PERUKAVU PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. LAKSHMI.R,D/O.S.KRISHNA IYER, LEKASHMI BHAVAN,ONAMTHURUTHU PO,KAIPPUZHA VIA, KOTTAYAM. 4. SANIL.J.S,S/O.J.SOBHANAM,JOSEVILLA, VELLARADA PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. T.K.ANILKUMAR,S/O.K.K.KARUNAKARAN, KALAKKANDATHIL HOUSE,VADAYAR PO, VAIKOM, KOTTAYAM. 6. KURIAKOSE.P.T,S/O.P.T.THOMAS, PULLUKALAYIL HOUSE, NALUNNAKKAL PO,VAKATHANAM, KOTTAYAM. 7. MAHESH KUMAR.M,S/O.MADHUSOODHANAN NAIR, VADAKKEKKARA VEEDU,ANANDAPPALLY PO, ADOOR. 8. LALUMON JOSEPH,S/O.DEVASSIA OUSEPH, PEEDIKAYAL HOUSE,ANGADI,CHANGANACHERRY. 9. P.K.SOMAN,S/O.KESAVAN .P.R, PALAKATHADATHIL HOUSE,PUTHUR PO,THRISSUR. BY ADV. SRI.M.R.NANDAKUMAR SRI.M.V.SASIDHARAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA,REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, RVENUE DEPARTMENT,SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 007. 2. KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIN, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM695001 SRI. ALEXANDER THOMAS, S.C. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. SANDESH RAJA. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) No. 969 of 2011 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 28th day of January, 2011. J U D G M E N T The petitioners are aspirants for the post of Deputy Collector. The Public Service Commission has invited applications for selection to the said post. But the petitioners are faced with the fact that the upper age limit for selection is 35 years and they are beyond that age limit. According to them, for the last 15 years, no direct recruitment was made to the said post and as a result, they were unable to apply for the same. They would contend that in similar circumstances, upper age limit for selection was relaxed in the case of college lecturers for the reason that for quite some time there was no recruitment to the said post. They would therefore seek a direction to the Government to raise the upper age limit so that persons like the petitioners can also participate in the selection process. They have filed Ext. P6 representation before the Government. For the present, they would be satisfied with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P6 expeditiously. 2. Having heard the learned Government Pleader and the standing counsel for the Public Service Commission, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P6 as expeditiously as possible, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the 1st petitioner. I have already issued similar directions in two other writ petitions. I make it clear that it would be open to the 1st respondent to hear all the parties together, including the 1st petitioner in this writ petition. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/ [TRUE COPY] P.S TO JUDGE.