IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 11TH JUNE 2007 / 21ST JYAISHTA 1929 WP(C).No. 17370 of 2007(P) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ SREEKANTH.S., AGED 18 YEARS, S/O K.P.SASI, KIZHAKKEKUTTU HOUSE, NELLIKUTTY P.O., KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.T.S.RAJAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, GENERAL EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. COMMISSIONER OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, HOUSING BOARD BUILDINGS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY G.P. SHRI.I.V.PRAMOD. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================================= W.P.(C).No.17370 of 2007 ================================== Dated this the 11th day of June, 2007 J U D G M E N T The petitioner aspires for admission to the B.Arch. Course in various Government colleges in the State. According to the petitioner, no entrance examination is prescribed for this course and admission is on the basis of National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) certificate and Plus Two mark list. However, applications were invited for admission to this course also along with other courses for which there is entrance examination as per a common prospectus. In the prospectus the time prescribed for production of NATA certificate and Plus Two marks list for B.Arch. Course was 12.6.2007 whereas the last date for filing applications was 26.4.2007. According to the petitioner, he mistook 12.6.2007 as the last date for filing application for B.Arch. Course and therefore, he did not file it before 26.4.2007. w.p.c.17370/07 2 The petitioner submits that the petitioner's application if filed before 12.6.2007 may be directed to be accepted. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as also the learned Government Pleader. 3. In the prospectus in unmistakable terms it is stated that the the last date for submitting the application for courses covered by the prospectus is 26.4.2007. It is also specifically stated that the the application for B.Arch. course NATA certificate has to be submitted before 12.6.2007. If the petitioner has mistakenly thought it as the last date for submitting application for B.Arch. nobody can help the petitioner. When the prospectus prescribes a last date for submitting applications, that has to be scrupulously adhered to. Therefore, I do not find any merit in the writ petition and accordingly, the same is dismissed. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge. w.p.c.17370/07 3