IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC FRIDAY, THE 4TH JANUARY 2008 / 14TH POUSHA 1929 WP(C).No. 471 of 2008(F) ------------------------ PETITIONER: -------------- BIJI EDISON, STANDARD X, VIMALA HRIDAYA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, KOLLAM. REPRESENTED BY HER GUARDIAN EDISON.G., S/O.GIRBERT, MAZHANELIL THEKKATHIL, MANGAD P.O., KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.SUDHEESHKAR SRI. K.SIJU SRI.PRATHEESH.P RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DEPUTYL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, KOLLAM. 3. DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER,KOLLAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. =============== W.P.(C) NO. 471 OF 2008 F ===================== Dated this the 4th day of January, 2008 J U D G M E N T In the Sub District Level Youth Festival, petitioner had participated in elocution competition and had secured first place and in the District level, 2nd place with A grade. Aggrieved by the assessment of merit by the judges, who had assessed her performance at the District level, petitioner filed an appeal and that was rejected by Ext.P4. It is in the aforesaid background this writ petition has been filed seeking to quash Ext.P4 and praying for directing the respondents to permit her to contest in the Kerala School Youth Festival. 2. Ext.P4 shows that on appreciation of the contentions raised by the petitioner in the appeal, the assessment made by the judges has been upheld by the appellate committee. In the grounds in the writ petition, apart from about the prizes that the WPC 471/08 :2 : petitioner had won in the past and also about her optimism that she would get the first prize at the District level this year, petitioner has not raised any valid ground to disagree with the conclusions or to conclude that the judgment of the judges or the decision of the appellate committee is perverse in any manner. Writ petition fails and is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE. Rp