IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH JULY 2008 / 8TH SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 22896 of 2008(A) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ KAVITHA.K., PURANDIYIL HOUSE, MANGALOOR, THENKURISSI-II, PALAKKAD - 678 502. BY ADV. SRI.MOLY E.V. RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE SECERETARY, KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT OFFICER, KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PALAKKAD. 3. KERALA STATE LITERACY MISSION AUTHORITY, TC 24/1862, THYCAUD.P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-14, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR. 4. DISTRICT LITERACY MISSION, DISTRICT PANCHAYATH OFFICE, PALAKKAD - 1, REPRESENTED BY DISTRICT PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR. BY SC-KPSC, SRI. ALEXANDER THOMAS THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI,J. ------------------------- W.P ( C) No.22896 of 2008 -------------------------- Dated this the 30th July, 2008 J U D G M E N T The issue raised in this writ petition is covered by the judgment of this court in WPC.No.17873/2008. Considering a similar claim it has been held in the said judgment as follows:- “ The Commission shall verify whether any other person referred to para 3 above who has completed the course and obtained a certificate from the State Literacy Mission Authority has been included in the list of L.D.Typist. The Commission shall verify whether any one among those six persons had completed a course in either Word Processing or a Diploma in Computer Applications for a period not less than three months and if any such person has completed such a course and the certificate produced by them has been accepted by the Public Service Commission, the petitioner shall also be treated as eligible in terms of the notification and included in the rank list in question in accordance with the merit at the appropriate place. This process shall be completed within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. “ W.P ( C) No.22896 of 2008 2 2. In the result, the writ petition is disposed of declaring that the directions issued in WPC.17873/2008 are applicable to the case of the petitioner also. Therefore, the Commission shall consider the case of the petitioner herein while considering the case of the petitioner in WPC.No.17873/2008. Subject to the above the petitioner shall be included at the appropriate place in the rank list on the basis of the merit on completion of the process, as already directed in the said judgment. To enable the Public Service Commission to take necessary action, the petitioner shall produce a certified copy of this judgment along with a certified copy of the judgment in WPC.No.17873/2008. (V. GIRI, JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No.22896 of 2008 3 (V.GIRI, JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No.22896 of 2008 4 W.P ( C) No.22896 of 2008 5