P.B. Suresh Kumar, J.

Petitioner has appeared for the Kerala Judicial Service Examination, 2013 for selection as Munsiff/Magistrate pursuant to a notification published by the High Court of Kerala. He seeks, in this writ petition, directions to the High Court of Kerala to revalue the papers of all the candidates in the said examination and prepare a fresh merit list.

2. The petitioner is an Advocate who has applied for selection as Munsiff/Magistrate, pursuant to the notification published by the High Court of Kerala on 21.3.2013. The selection as per the notification, consisted of a preliminary examination, a main examination and viva voce. As per the terms of the notification, only candidates who pass the preliminary examination will be called for the main examination and only candidates who secure 40% marks for each of the four papers in the main examination will be called for viva voce. The petitioner did not secure 40% marks in paper IV of the main examination and consequently, he was not called for the viva voce. According to the petitioner, though he has answered all the questions in paper IV correctly, the answers written by him were not valued properly by the exami