S. NAGAMUTHU, J

A stand, too technical, taken by the appellant to deprive the first respondent of his rightful claim for being considered for a Governmental Post, negatived in the Writ Petition is canvassed again in this Writ Appeal.

2. The appellant/Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission called for applications from eligible candidates for Group IV Service [for the posts of Village Administrative Officers] during the year 2007. Being eligible for the said post, the first respondent duly submitted her application. Indisputably, she belongs to Kattunayakan Community, which is a Scheduled Tribe. But the first respondent could not submit her Community Certificate obtained from the competent authority along with her application. However, her application was entertained and she was allowed to participate in the written examination. Since she had secured required cut off marks, she was provisionally selected and called for certificate verification.

3. As a matter of fact, the first respondent made application in the year 1997 itself to the competent authority viz, the Revenue Divisional Officer, Cheranmahadevi, for issuance of Community Certificate. However, such certificate