A.R. Lakshmanan, Ag. C.J.

Heard Mr. Asok M. Cherian for the petitioner and Mr. O.V. Radhakrishnan for the Public Service Commission. Both the petitions were filed by the very same petitioner - Lalitha Bhai. O.P. 10316/1998 was filed to call for the records leading to Ext. P3 and quash the same and for a mandamus directing the District Officer, Kerala Public Service Commission to permit the petitioner to appear in the written test scheduled to 6.6.1998 for recruitment for the post of H.S.A. (Hindi) in Education Department. The case of the petitioner, in short, is that she passed SSLC in March 1980 and she successfully undergone the courses in Hindi, viz., Rashtra Bhasha, Praveshika, Visharath Poorvartha, Visharath Uthrartha and Praveen Uthrartha conducted by Dhakshina Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras. Thereafter she passed in 1st Division the training course in Hindi Siksha Snathak in 1990 conducted by the Dhakshina Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras. She applied for the post of H.S. A (Hindi) as per the notification of the Kerala Public Service Commission for Kottayam District. The petitioner was having qualification and was eligible for being recruited for the post.