K.T. Sankaran, J.

1. The question involved in this Writ Petition is whether the Petitioner can be permitted to carry out corrections in the application submitted by her before the Kerala Public Service Commission for selection to the post of Laboratory Assistant in the Kerala Vocational Higher Secondary Education Department, so as to claim the benefit of communal reservation, after the select list was published and when the Petitioner had filled up the column in the application stating that she is not eligible for communal reservation.

2. The Kerala Public Service Commission invited applications from qualified candidates for appointment to the post of Laboratory Assistant in Kerala Vocational Higher Secondary Education Department, as per the Gazette Notification dated 2-11 -2004 for direct recruitment and for appointment from "by transfer" category. The candidates were required to fill up the application form and also to fill up the OMR data sheet The Petitioner submitted the application. Column 5 of the application contains the question "Are you eligible for communal reservation (Answer Yes or No)". The answer given by the Petitioner was "No". In column 17 of the OMR data