{"id":130199,"date":"2011-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/keerthi-a-vs-kerala-state-public-service-on-4-february-2011"},"modified":"2014-12-22T03:41:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T22:11:43","slug":"keerthi-a-vs-kerala-state-public-service-on-4-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/keerthi-a-vs-kerala-state-public-service-on-4-february-2011","title":{"rendered":"Keerthi.A vs Kerala State Public Service &#8230; on 4 February, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Keerthi.A vs Kerala State Public Service &#8230; on 4 February, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 25696 of 2009(F)\n\n\n1. KEERTHI.A, KEERTHI (H), PERUVAYAL P.O.,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. KERALA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DISTRICT PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.HARIKUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.ALEXANDER THOMAS,SC,KPSC\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\n\n Dated :04\/02\/2011\n\n O R D E R\n                   T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J.\n                     -------------------------------------\n                     W.P.(C)No.25696 Of 2009\n               -----------------------------------------------------\n        DATED THIS THE 4th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2011\n\n                                J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The issue raised in this Writ Petition is covered against the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner in the light of the judgment in Writ Appeal<\/p>\n<p>No.348\/2010.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2.    The application filed by the petitioner was rejected for<\/p>\n<p>failure to enter the correct category code number in the computer<\/p>\n<p>data sheet of the application. The application was to the post of<\/p>\n<p>LPSA in Malappuram District.\n<\/p>\n<p>      3.    In Writ Appeal No.348\/2010 and in Writ Appeal<\/p>\n<p>No.1236\/2010 the very same issue was considered. This Court<\/p>\n<p>took the view that if the application does not mention the correct<\/p>\n<p>category number, it is a defective application and if the<\/p>\n<p>Commission decides to reject the same, it cannot be said to be<\/p>\n<p>ultra vires or unauthorised.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Therefore the Writ Petition do not deserve any merit and<\/p>\n<p>the same is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                        Sd\/-(T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>dsn<br \/>\n                        True copy<\/p>\n<p>                        P.A.to Judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Keerthi.A vs Kerala State Public Service &#8230; on 4 February, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 25696 of 2009(F) 1. KEERTHI.A, KEERTHI (H), PERUVAYAL P.O., &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. KERALA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DISTRICT PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION For Petitioner :SRI.C.HARIKUMAR For Respondent :SRI.ALEXANDER [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keerthi.A vs Kerala State Public Service ... on 4 February, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/keerthi-a-vs-kerala-state-public-service-on-4-february-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keerthi.A vs Kerala State Public Service ... on 4 February, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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