IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.M.MANOJ WEDNESDAY, THE 29^TH DAY OF JANUARY 2025 / 9TH MAGHA, 1946 WP(C) NO. 27801 OF 2015 PETITIONER:

ATHIRA V.RAJ, AGED 30 YEARS D/O JIJO GEORGE, RESIDING AT VAYAL PUTHENPURAYIL, KADATHY, MEKKADAMBU PO, MUVATTUPUZHA, ERNAKULAM-

682 316 BY ADV SRI.P.NANDAKUMAR RESPONDENTS:

1 THE TAHASILDAR, TALUK OFFICE, MUVATTUPUZHA, ERNAKULAM DIST.PIN-686 662

2 KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY PATTOM,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 014 BY ADVS. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN, SC, KPSC OTHER PRESENT:

R1- SMT.LATHA.T.THANKAPPAN, SPECIAL GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29.01.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 29 ^th day of January, 2025 The writ petition is preferred being aggrieved by the issuance of Ext.P4 whereby the petitioner is certified as Hindu- Paravan converted to Christianity. It is the case of the petitioner that she is a graduate in Bio-Medical Engineering and included in the Ranked list for the post of Demonstrator in Bio-Medical Engineering in Technical Education Department. As per the Secondary Sch