Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.

1. This is an intra court appeal by the writ petitioner being aggrieved by the judgment dated 27.3.2017 passed in W.P.(C) No.33589 of 2016.

2. We have heard learned counsel for the writ petitioner/appellant and learned Standing Counsel for the Kerala Public Service Commission (for short, 'KPSC) at length. We have also heard learned Government Pleader appearing for the 3rd respondent as also learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents 4 to 7, who are some of the District Co-operative Banks. These banks are only notifying the vacancies.

3. The challenge was to Exts.P3 and P4. They were two advertisements issued by the KPSC in respect of filling up the post of Branch Manager in District Co-operative Banks. These two notifications prescribed educational qualifications, but, did not mention B.Com (Co-operation) as one of the qualifications therein. The writ petitioner is a member of 'Ezhava' community and had the educational qualification of B.Com (Co-operation). In the absence of such qualification being stated in the notification, he could