JUDGMENT :

K. Surendra Mohan, J.

The challenge against rejection of applications by the Kerala Public Service Commission ('PSC' for short) in its recruitment process has been a very frequent phenomenon in this Court. Though instructions are provided to the candidates along with the notifications issued by the PSC regarding the manner in which applications are to be filled up, submitted or uploaded on the computer, candidates often commit mistakes that entail serious consequences including rejection of their candidature causing severe heartburn and despair in the minds of such persons. Such candidates would then approach this Court invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution for relief. These cases also relate to such rejection of applications. A Division Bench of this Court noticed that there was some confusion in the matter, in view of the decision in Kerala Public Service Commission v. Roshini (ILR 2016 (1) Ker. 99). In the said case, though the candidates were to have uploaded photographs of the size mentioned in the instructions, they uploaded stamp size photographs. For the said reason, their applications were rejected. The said action was challenged before t