IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 24TH JULY 2009 / 2ND SRAVANA 1931 WP(C).No. 20751 of 2009(L) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SREEKUMAR P.,'LAKSHMI' PALLITHODY, NEAR MALABAR CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CROSS ROAD, KOZHIKODE, PIN 673 011. BY ADV. SRI.BABU JOSEPH KURUVATHAZHA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPT, OF HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, COLLEGIATE EDUCATION DIRECTORATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, OFFICE OF THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THULASI HILLS, PATTAM PALACE P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SHRI A.J.VARGHESE FOR R1 & R2 SHRI ALEXANDER THOMAS, SC, PSC FOR R3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.20751/2009-L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 24th day of July, 2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner herein is an applicant to the post of Lecturer (English) notified by the P.S.C. By Ext.P19, the Commission informed the petitioner that since the petitioner is over aged, the application is rejected. 2. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner has filed Exts.P20 and P22 representations before the third respondent. 3. The main prayer in the writ petition is to quash Ext.P19 and to direct the third respondent to accept the application submitted by the petitioner. 4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the P.S.C. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, going by Exts.P11 and P15, he is entitled for relaxation of a total number of 8 years. It is upto the third respondent to examine the same and to take a decision on Exts.P20 and P22. Appropriate decision shall be taken and communicated to the petitioner within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. Since the interview for the W.P.(C). No.20751/2009 -:2:- candidates is scheduled to take place shortly, the petitioner will be allowed to take part in the interview provisionally subject to satisfying other eligibility conditions to be included in the short list. Further course of action will depend on the decision to be taken by the Commission, as directed above. The petitioner will produce originals of Exts.P11 and P15 along with a copy of the writ petition and a copy of the judgment before the third respondent for compliance. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms