IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI TUESDAY, THE 22ND JULY 2008 / 31ST ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 21944 of 2008(K) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. DEVU K., W/O P.K.RAMAN, POLLEKKAD HOUSE, KALUR P.O., MANKARA VIA, PALAKKAD 678 613. 2. SUCHITRA.A, LAKSHMI NIVAS, PARLI P.O., PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SMT.E.V.MOLY RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE SECRETARY, 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 STANDING COUNSEL SRI. ALEXANDER THOMAS THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V. GIRI, J. ------------------------------- WP(C).NO. 21944 of 2008 --------------------------------- Dated this the 22nd day of July, 2008 JUDGMENT 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. “ 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 petitioners also. Therefore, the Commission shall WPC. 21944/2008 2 consider the case of the petitioners herein while considering the case of the petitioner in WPC.No.17873/2008. Subject to the above the petitioners shall be included at the appropriate places 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 petitioners shall produce a certified copy of this judgment along with a certified copy of the judgment in WPC.No.17873/2008. V. GIRI, JUDGE. pmn/ WPC. 21944/2008 3