VARGHESE Vs. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Responding to the advertisement of the Public Service Commission inviting applications for recruitment to the post of Surveyor on Rs. 330-515 in the Public Health Engineering Department, the petitioners submitted applications. The qualifications prescribed for the post (vide the Special Rules) and notified were:

(2.) The qualifications of the petitioners are S.S.L.C. and K.G.C.E. Civil Engineering. As the K.G.C.E. Civil Engineering is not a prescribed qualification for the post, either going by the special rules or the advertisement, the applications of the petitioners were rejected.

(3.) The petitioners thereupon have filed this O.P. challenging the orders of the P.S.C. rejecting their applications.