IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.P.RAY WEDNESDAY, THE 15TH JUNE 2011 / 25TH JYAISHTA 1933 WA.No. 732 of 2011() -------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.17114/2005 Dated 14/07/2010 .................... APPELLANTS/PETITIONERS 1 & 5: ------------------------------- 1. MARY P.A., THYVILAKATHU VEEDU, TC 22/1039, ATTUKAL, CHIRAMUKKU, MANACUAD P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. ASHITHA S.KUMARI, KOTTARATHIL HOUSE, ELANTHOOR P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA- 689 643. BY ADV. SRI.M.SASINDRAN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS & PETITIONERS NO.2,3,4,6 TO 8 -------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. 2. THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. 3. HARIPRASAD, SREEKOVIL, TC 12/1377-1, KUNNUKUZHY P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 071. 4. SEENA VIJAYAN V.S., TC 12/1377-1, KUNNUKUZHY P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 071. 5. NILOPHER RAZACK, KATTANATH, ERUMAKKAD P.O., VALLANA, PATHANAMTHITTA-689 532. 6. MANJU N.M., KANNOLI HOUSE, KOZHUKKULLY P.O., MOORKANIKKARA, THRISSUR-680 752. 7. JOSEY VARKEY, CHATHANKERIL HOUSE, PERUMPILLY, MULANTHURUTHY, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT 682 314. 8. MUKESH SHANKAR, SANTHI NIKETHAN, KALAVOOR, ALAPPUZH DISTRICT 688 522. G.P. SMT.T.B.RAMANI FOR R1 THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & BHABANI PRASAD RAY, JJ. .................................................................... Writ Appeal No.732 of 2011 .................................................................... Dated this the 15th day of June, 2011. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. Writ Appeal is filed against judgment of the learned Single Judge declining to grant the relief prayed for i.e. direction to PSC to call the petitioners for interview. Against application called for by the PSC petitioners applied for appointment to the post of Non-Vocational Teacher in General Foundation course in the Higher Secondary Schools run by the Government. Educational qualification prescribed was Post- graduate Degree or equivalent thereto and Degree in any of the subjects stated therein which are English, Physics, History, etc. The main grievance of the appellants is that their degree which is B.Sc. (Co- operation and Banking) was not included as the basic degree for eligibility to apply for the post. It is admitted that PSC later included this subject also as the eligible basic degree for applying for the post. Therefore, for future notifications for appointment to the same post, appellants are entitled to apply. The learned Single Judge declined to 2 grant relief for the reason that as on the date of notification appellants were not qualified to apply for the post. Secondly, it is not stated as to what is the Post-graduate Degree or eligibility of the appellants to apply for the post. In any case what we find is that the challenge is made much after selection by PSC. We do not think there is any scope for ordering fresh interview or selection at this distance of time. Consequently we uphold the judgment of the learned Single Judge and dismiss the Writ Appeal. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge BHABANI PRASAD RAY Judge pms