1. Annexure I to the High Court Service Rules, 1970 prescribes the qualifications for the post of Assistant Grade II which is Category 11 as the same as Category 8, Assistant Grade I. Category 8 for Assistant Grade I lays down the following qualifications:

The Ist respondent, who is the Registrar of the High Court, published a Notification Ext. P1 dated 27-10-1983 that it was proposed to prepare a select list of candidates for appointment as Assistants Grade II in the High Court as and when vacancies arise. It proceeded to say. so far as relevant, that applications were invited from first and second class Graduates/post-Graduates/Law Graduates from any recognised University to reach him on or before 15-11-1983 with copies of certain documents which were specified. The petitioner is a Graduate in Arts of the Kerala University but he is only a third class degree holder. He nevertheless sent an application to the Registrar for the post of Assistant Grade IT. In response the Registrar sent him a communication dated 11-11-1983 of which Ext. P3 is a copy saying that while his difficulties were appreciated (obviously he had ventilated some of his personal problems also in the a