V. Bhaskaran Nambiar, J.

Is conviction under the Gaming Act a disqualify cation for appointment? Fertilisers and Chemicals, Travancore Ltd., (F.A.C.T), Cochin Division, a public sector undertaking thinks it is; the petitioner-appellant thinks otherwise. That is how the matter has reached this Court.

2. In December, 1977, F.A.C.T. invited applications for. the posts of Typist Clerks. The petitioner-appellant was an applicant. There was no prescribed form and the petitioner-appellant submitted an application in his own hand stating his qualifications and experience and enclosing the relevant certificates. He sat for a written test, submitted to a typing test and faced an interview in May, 1979. In June, 1979, the company informed the petitioner-appellant that they had the pleasure in offering him the appointment as Typist-Clerk. He was told that his appointment would be subject to the conditions that he was and continued to be medically fit and that he did not have more than one spouse living in which respect he was to furnish a declaration in the attached performa. He was directed to report for duty at F.A.C.T. Cochin Division, Personnel Department, Ambalamedu, on 9-7-1979,