IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 22ND AUGUST 2011 / 31ST SRAVANA 1933 WP(C).NO. 22735 OF 2011(N) -------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SEREENA.K.A., AGED 17 YEARS, KALAPPURACKAL HOUSE, KOOMBARA BAZAR.P.O., KOODARANI VIA., KOZHIKODE, REP. BY HER FATHER ABDUL RAZAK. BY ADV. SRI.K.ABDUL JAWAD RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001 2. COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRACE EXAMINATIONS, SANTHI NAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.-695001. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.N.SANTHOSH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT. P1 TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF THE PETITIONER ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, DTD. 20.5.2011. EXT.P2 TRUE COPY OF THE ADMIT CARD ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER. EXT.P3 TRUE COPY OF THE PRINT OUT OF THE RESULTS 2011, PUBLISHED IN THE 2ND RESPONDENT'S WEB SITE. EXT.P4 TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT DTD. 12.7.2011 OF THE ADMISSION FEE AND CAUTION DEPOSIT REMITTED BY THE PETITIONER. EXT.P5 TRUE COPY THE BELOW POVERTY LINE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE VILLAGE EXTENTION OFFICER, KOODARANJI TO THE PETITIONER. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL [ True copy ] P.S. to Judge. ul/- ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ---------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 22735 OF 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 22nd day of August , 2011 J U D G M E N T The prayers sought for in this writ petition reads as follows. “(i) To call for the records leading to Exts.P1 to P5 and to declare that petitioner has qualified the Engineering Entrance Test, 2011 and entitled to be placed in the rank list and to pursue engineering course in any college, where she has been admitted. (ii) To issue a writ or order commanding the 2nd respondent to place the petitioner in the rank list at least in the bottom of the list without disturbing the ranks assigned to other candidates; (iii) To direct the 1st and 2nd respondent to permit the petitioner to participate in the 3rd round of option/allotment” W.P.(C) No. 22735 OF 2011 :2 : 2. Going by the petitioner's own averments, though she sent a copy of the mark list by post to the 2nd respondent, there was delay of one day in the certificate's reaching the 2nd respondent and it was for that reason she was omitted to be included in the rank list. In such circumstances, I do not find any fault with the respondent for having finalized the rank list excluding the petitioner. Hence, there is no merit in this writ petition and it is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE ul/-