{"id":12541,"date":"2009-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kerala-public-service-commission-vs-smitha-c-r-on-12-october-2009"},"modified":"2016-10-24T05:22:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T23:52:34","slug":"kerala-public-service-commission-vs-smitha-c-r-on-12-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kerala-public-service-commission-vs-smitha-c-r-on-12-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Kerala Public Service Commission vs Smitha C.R. on 12 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kerala Public Service Commission vs Smitha C.R. on 12 October, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 2138 of 2009()\n\n\n1. KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. THE DISTRICT OFFICER, KERALA PUBLIC\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. SMITHA C.R.,IRAMATHARA HOUSE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, ALAKKODE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.ALEXANDER THOMAS,SC,KPSC\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.T.RAVIKUMAR\n\n Dated :12\/10\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n             KURIAN JOSPEPH &amp; C..T.RAVIKUMAR, JJ\n           -----------------------------------------------------------------\n                           W.A.NO.2138 OF 2009\n                       ---------------------------------------\n              Dated this the 12th day of October, 2009.\n\n\n                               J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>Kurian Joseph,J<\/p>\n<p>      Respondents in the writ petition are the appellants. The writ<\/p>\n<p>petitioner approached this court with the prayers to &#8221; issue a writ of<\/p>\n<p>mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing<\/p>\n<p>the respondents to accept the Nativity\/Residence certificate submitted<\/p>\n<p>by the petitioner and award 5 marks as weightage in accordance with<\/p>\n<p>Rule 5A of the General Rules and also Ext.P1 notification issued by<\/p>\n<p>the PSC for selection and grant proper placing in the ranked list of<\/p>\n<p>Last Grade Servants in Idukki district .&#8221;            It is seen from Annexure A<\/p>\n<p>and    Annexure A1 that the petitioner is not entitled to get the<\/p>\n<p>weightage since she has claimed Ernakulam as her native district<\/p>\n<p>in the application.      We find that these documents were not<\/p>\n<p> were not made available for perusal by the learned single judge. In<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.A.NO.2138 OF 2009              2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>view of the documents referred to above the writ petition cannot be<\/p>\n<p>allowed. Therefore, we set aside the judgment of the learned single<\/p>\n<p>judge, allow the appeal and dismiss the writ petition.<\/p>\n<p>                                       KURIAN JOSEPH,JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                       C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>pm<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.A.NO.2138 OF 2009   3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.A.NO.2138 OF 2009   4<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Kerala Public Service Commission vs Smitha C.R. on 12 October, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 2138 of 2009() 1. KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, &#8230; Petitioner 2. THE DISTRICT OFFICER, KERALA PUBLIC Vs 1. SMITHA C.R.,IRAMATHARA HOUSE, &#8230; Respondent 2. 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