IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 13TH FEBRUARY 2007 / 24TH MAGHA 1928 WP(C).No. 27693 of 2005(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ JOEMON MATHEW, S/O.VARKEY MATHAI, AGED 29, PALAKKADAN HOUSE, THATTEKKAD.P.O., KOTHAMANGALAM. BY ADV. SRI.ALEXANDER JOSEPH RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY TO GOVT., DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, THYCAUD.P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. THE DIRECTOR OF GENERAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI. 6. THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ACCREDIATION OF COMPUTER COURSES (DOEACC) SOCIETY, ELECTRONICS NIKETHAN, 6 CGO COMPLEX, NEW DELHI-3. BY ADV. SRI.JOHN VARGHESE, ASSISTANT SG ADV. SMT. R.BINDU – GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 13/02/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC 27693/05 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS EXT.P1 COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE BEARING REG. NO. 231991 OF THE 6TH RESPONDENT. EXT.P2 COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION NO.43 DATED 01/03/95 OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. EXT.P3 COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION NO.49 DATED 10.04.1996 OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. EXT.P4 COPY OF THE ORDER GO(MS) NO. 526, DATED 17/07/2005 OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXT.P5 COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 07/10/03 OF THE 4TH RESPONDENT. EXT.P6 COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 15.1.04 OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXT.P7 COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 23.8.04 TO THE 1ST RESPONDENT. // TRUE COPY // PA TO JUDGE. jg C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ----------------------------------- WP(C) NO. 27693 OF 2005 V ------------------------------------ Dated, this the 13th day of February, 2007 J U D G M E N T Petitioner has obtained Ext.P1 certificate issued by a Society under the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, stating that petitioner has passed 'O' level examination in 'C' grade, which is stated to be one year course, after schooling for 12 years. Petitioner wants to apply for the post of Data Entry Programmer in Technical Institutions and in Government services in Kerala, for which qualification prescribed is ITI Computer or National Trade Certificate. Petitioner's case is that in view of Ext.P2 issued by the Central Government declaring that 'O' level course is equivalent to foundation course, the course passed by the petitioner should be equated to ITI, which according to the petitioner is a one year course. The learned Standing Counsel for the Central Government submitted that NCVT is not conducting any ITI course. It is not known that what is the duration and syllabus for the ITI course in Kerala. In the circumstance, I dispose of this writ petition directing the W.P.(C)No. 27693/2005 -Page numbers- Secretary to Government, Department of Information Technology to verify the syllabus of the examination passed by the petitioner, which was conducted by the Government of India compare it with syllabus and duration of similar courses approved by State Government as qualification of IT jobs in Kerala and issue equivalency certificate with ITI or any other similar course in Kerala, so that petitioner is eligible to apply for suitable post. The equivalency certificate should be issued within a period of two months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment along with other documents by the petitioner. (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) jg