SHAIJI CHERUKKATTIL Vs. K P S C

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The question involved in this Writ Petition is whether the petitioner can be permitted to carry out corrections in the application submitted by her before the Kerala Public Service Commission for selection to the post of Laboratory Assistant in the Kerala Vocational Higher Secondary Education Department, so as to claim the benefit of communal reservation, after the select list was published and when the petitioner had filled up the column in the application stating that she is not eligible for communal reservation.

(2.) The Kerala Public Service Commission invited applications from qualified candidates for appointment to the post of Laboratory Assistant in Kerala Vocational Higher Secondary Education Department, as per the Gazette Notification dated 02/11/2004 for direct recruitment and for appointment from 'by transfer' category. The candidates were required to fill up the application form and also to fill up the OMR data sheet. The petitioner submitted the application. Column 5 of the application contains the question 'Are you eligible for communal reservation' (Answer Yes or No). The answer given by the petitioner was 'No'. In column 17 of the OMR data sheet, for the question 'whether eligible for communal reservation', the answer was given by bubbling the required column 'No' indicating that the petitioner is not eligible for communal reservation. In column 4 of the application, Religion and Community are shown as Hindu and Thiyya respectively.

(3.) The petitioner was called for a written test on 24/02/2007. A probability list was published by the Public service Commission on 28/02/2008. The petitioner was included in the list. The petitioner was called for interview on 14/03/2008. The petitioner states that she produced the original certificates for verification. A ranked list was published on 10/06/2008. The petitioner is included in the main list of the ranked list with rank No. 708 against general quota. The Public Service Commission states that the ranked list contains 1052 candidates in the main list and 2410 candidates in the supplementary list for various communities.