{"id":2122,"date":"2008-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-nirmala-vs-divisional-officer-on-4-november-2008"},"modified":"2015-12-22T20:59:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:29:35","slug":"c-nirmala-vs-divisional-officer-on-4-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-nirmala-vs-divisional-officer-on-4-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"C.Nirmala vs Divisional Officer on 4 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">C.Nirmala vs Divisional Officer on 4 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 2129 of 2008()\n\n\n1. C.NIRMALA, SHEEJA BHAVAN, KARICODU,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. DIVISIONAL OFFICER,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER,\n\n3. LILLY KUTTY, (PART TIME SWEEPER)\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.G.JOSEPH\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice J.B.KOSHY\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.P.BALACHANDRAN\n\n Dated :04\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n               J.B.KOSHY &amp; K.P.BALACHANDRAN, JJ.\n                       --------------------------------------\n                         W.A.No.2129 OF 2008\n                        -------------------------------------\n                       Dated 4th November, 2008\n\n                                JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>Koshy,J.\n<\/p>\n<p>           The appellant is an aspirant for the post of Part-time Sweeper<\/p>\n<p>in Kadakkal Fire and Rescue Services. The appellant was also called for<\/p>\n<p>interview along with the others, but, she was not selected and the third<\/p>\n<p>respondent was selected.       Ext.P4 letter shows that first respondent<\/p>\n<p>himself conducted the interview on 22.09.2007 and out of the eight<\/p>\n<p>persons appeared for interview, he selected the third respondent whom<\/p>\n<p>he found suitable. Contention of the appellant is that she was the senior<\/p>\n<p>most applicant.   She is nearing the age of 50. It is further stated that<\/p>\n<p>she passed SSLC, whereas the third respondent did not pass SSLC.<\/p>\n<p>However, the applications produced would show that there are<\/p>\n<p>applicants with Pre-degree and with KGTE Type writing etc. The post is<\/p>\n<p>only for a part-time sweeper.       SSLC is not a required qualification for<\/p>\n<p>that post.   Good physique is the only required qualification. All the<\/p>\n<p>applicants are from below poverty line. One of the persons was found<\/p>\n<p>suitable and selected. No specific averments of malafides on the part of<\/p>\n<p>the respondents are mentioned. The allegations of political interference<\/p>\n<p>etc. cannot be looked into without producing any evidence for<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.A.2129\/2008                     2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>substantiating the same. Considering the merits of the case, we are<\/p>\n<p>of the opinion that this is not a case where interference should be<\/p>\n<p>made by this court.\n<\/p>\n<p>           The appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                J.B.KOSHY<br \/>\n                                                   JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                           K.P.BALACHANDRAN<br \/>\n                                                   JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>tks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court C.Nirmala vs Divisional Officer on 4 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 2129 of 2008() 1. C.NIRMALA, SHEEJA BHAVAN, KARICODU, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. DIVISIONAL OFFICER, &#8230; Respondent 2. ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER, 3. LILLY KUTTY, (PART TIME SWEEPER) For Petitioner :SRI.G.JOSEPH For Respondent : No Appearance The [&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-2122","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>C.Nirmala vs Divisional Officer on 4 November, 2008 - 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\/c-nirmala-vs-divisional-officer-on-4-november-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"C.Nirmala vs Divisional Officer on 4 November, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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