IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 20TH JUNE 2011 / 30TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 15073 of 2011(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- VIGNESH.R., SON OF A.S.RAJAPPAN, AGED 18 YEARS, RESIDING AT PRASAD APARTMENTS, NO.3, VITHUNI ROAD, NURANI POST OFFICE, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.R.S.KALKURA RESPONDENT(S): ----------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, HOUSING BOARD BUILDINGS, SANTHI NAGAR, TRIVANDRUM-695001. SR.GOVT.PLEADER SRI.P.N.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC NO.15073/11 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS EXT.P1: TRUE COPY OF THE PETITIONER'S APPLICATION NO.1165486. EXT.P2: TRUE COPY OF THE RESULT PUBLISHED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT ONLINE. EXT.P3: TRUE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DT 6.5.2011. EXT.P4: TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE VILLAGE OFFICER, YAKKARA. //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE Rp ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ================ W.P.(C) NO. 15073 OF 2011 ===================== Dated this the 20th day of June, 2011 J U D G M E N T Petitioner applied in response to the prospectus published for Professional Degree Courses in Kerala, 2011. Petitioner appeared for the entrance examination and was also assigned due rank. However, he was issued Ext.P3 letter denying him claim of Backward Hindu (BH). 2. Ext.P3 order reads as follows:- Sri.Vignesh R is informed that your community claim 'BH' is disallowed, since the Community Certificate attached along with the application for admission to Professional degree Courses, Kerala 2011, is not authorized by the Village Officer. 3. Thus the reason stated in Ext.P3 is that the community certificate attached to the application is not authorised by the Village Officer. 4. Ext.P1 is the application made by the petitioner and the community certificate is a part of the application itself. A perusal of the community certificate, which is a part of Ext.P1 itself, show that though the relevant columns of the application are duly filled up, the certificate does not contain the signature of WPC No. 15073/2011 :2 : the Village Officer and columns for entering the name, designation, address, place and date are left blank nor does the certificate carry the office seal of the Village Officer. That apart, learned Government Pleader also points out that the petitioner has never approached the Village Officer for the certificate. 5. Such being the case, the respondents cannot be faulted for having issued Ext.P3. Therefore, the writ petition has to fail and is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE Rp