IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 10TH APRIL 2007 / 20TH CHAITHRA 1929 WA.No. 885 of 2007() -------------------- (AGAINST THE JUDGMENT IN W.P.(C).NO.7569/2006 DATED 14/2/2007) APPELLANT: PETITIONER IN WP(C)NO.7569/2006 ------------------------------------------ ANIL KUMAR P.P., KARINGANATTIL HOUSE, CHAMAMPATHAL P.O., KOTTAYAM DISTRICT, (FORESTER, BODIMET SECTION, DEVIKULAM RANGE, MUNNAR FOREST DIVISION) BY ADV. SRI.SIBY MATHEW RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS IN WP(C)NO.7569/2006 --------------------------------------------- 1. KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS, HIGH RANGE CIRCLE. R1 BY ADV. SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN, SC, KPSC R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI BENNY GERVACIS THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/04/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: -2- W.A.NO.885/2007 ORDER ON I.A.NO.226/2007 IN W.A.NO.885/2007 ------------- Dismissed Sd/- P.RRaman, Judge. 10/4/2007 Sd/- Antony Dominic, Judge. P.R.RAMAN & ANTONY DOMINIC,JJ. ----------------------------------------------- W.A.NO.885 OF 2007 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 10th day of April, 2007 JUDGMENT Antony Dominic,J. Petitioner in the writ petition is the appellant. Writ petition was filed seeking to quash Ext.P4 and for a direction to the lst respondent to take the measurement of the appellant's chest through another Board and to publish a fresh rank list including the the petitioner, if he is otherwise eligible. It is seen that it was pursuant to Ext.P2 vacancy notification that the appellant had applied for the post of Forest Ranger's Course. In that notification the required chest measurement specified was 84 cms. It is the admitted case that on measurement, the appellant did not satisfy the requirement and it was therefore that the appellant was not eventually selected. The fact remains that the appellant did not challenge the prescription of chest measurement as specified in Ext.P2. 2. However, the appellant seeks to rely on Ext.P5, a subsequent notification, which prescribed 79 cms. as against 84 cms. mentioned in Ext.P2. In our view Ext.P5 does not advance the case of the appellant for the reason that it pertains to subsequent selection and his eligibility -2- W.A.NO.885/2007 depends upon the specifications of Ext.P2. It is the admitted position that the appellant did not satisfy the prescription of chest measurement as specified in Ext.P2. In view of this, the learned Single Judge has rightly dismissed the writ petition and we see no reason to differ from the view taken by the learned Single Judge. Writ Appeal is dismissed. P.R.RAMAN, Judge. ANTONY DOMINIC, Judge. kcv. -3- W.A.NO.885/2007