DISTT REGISTRAR PALGHAT Vs. M B KOYAKUTTY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal by special leave, directed against a judgment, dated Dec. 18, 1968, of the High Court of Kerala, arises out of these facts:-

(2.) The State Government, however, had the power to exempt a person from this qualification. The Madras Government passed an Order, dated April 15, 1954, (Ex. P-II), exempting him from the said qualification for being appointed as a Lower Division Clerk in the Registration Department. It will be useful to quote this order in extenso:-

(3.) Consequent on the reorganisation of the States in 1956, Koyakutty was allotted to the Kerala State Service as Lower Division Clerk in the Registration Department.