IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN FRIDAY, THE 4TH JANUARY 2008 / 14TH POUSHA 1929 OP.No. 1390 of 2001(M) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------------- MATHEW K.A., BHADRATHALAYAM, CHITTUR, PUTHUPARIYARAM P.O., THODUPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.RAJAN JOSEPH RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, TRIVANDRUM. 3. ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (EXAMINATIONS) KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, TRIVANDRUM. R1 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. SALIM. P.A. R2 & R3 BY SRI.ALEXANDER THOMAS,SC,KPSC THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 04/01/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss ORDER ON C.M.P.NO.2340/2001 IN O.P.NO.1390/2001 M DISMISSED 4/01/2008 SD/- P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE /TRUE COPY/ P.S.TO JUDGE Kss P.N.Ravindran, J. ============= O.P.No.1390 of 2001 ============== Dated this the 4th day of January, 2008. JUDGMENT The prayers in this original petition filed on 12.1.2001 relate to a written test conducted by the Kerala Public Service Commission for selection to the post of Industries Extension Officer in the Industrial Department in the year 1995. The petitioner has also prayed for a writ of mandamus directing respondents 2 and 3 to revalue his answer scripts and to reconsider Ext.P3 based on the marks obtained after revaluation. 2. Ext.P3 is the short list published as early as in December, 2000. More than 7 years have passed thereafter. Due to efflux of time and and in view of the fact that the petitioner has crossed 50 years of age, the reliefs prayed for in the original petition have become infructuous. Accordingly, the original petition is dismissed as infructuous. P.N.Ravindran, Judge. ess 5/1