GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 220 of the Constitution asking for an appropriate Writ, order or direction to quash the order passed by the District Collector, Kuniool in his Ref. A. 6-24380/63 dated 4-2-1964. The brief facts lending up to this writ petition are as follows: The petitioner passed his S. S. L. C. Examination in the year 1955 with "secretarial course" us his optional subject. "secretarial course" consists of drafting, Precis-writing and Typewriting. After having passed the S. S. L. C. examination, the petitioner applied to the Public Service Commission for being admitted to the competitive examination held by it for selection of clerks, etc. The petitioner was duly permitted to sit for the examination which was held by the Public Service Commission in March 1959. He was successful in that examination, and his name was in due course included by the Service Commission in the approved list of candidates for appointment in the Kurnool District. On 12-1-1962, the petitioner received a communication from the Collector of Kuniool informing him that he and 10 others were approved as candidates for appointment, and that the petitioner was appoint

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