JUDGMENT

Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan J.

1.The private respondents in these original petitions filed by the Kerala Public Service Commission challenging decisions of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal were included in the rank list for the category of High School Assistants in Physical Science. Later, they were issued show cause notices on the premise that they did not possess appropriate qualification in terms of the prescriptions in the notification read in the light of the G.O (MS) 245/2010/G.Edn dated 25.11.2010. They moved the Tribunal. The learned Tribunal followed the law stated in Swapna Sukumar v. State of Kerala [ 2013 (3) KLT 53 ] and held that if an applicant has studied Physics and Chemistry at the graduate level, that was sufficient qualification. The Government Order noted above was held as invalid to the extent it was noted to be contrary.

2.The law stated in Swapna Sukumar (supra) is not in dispute before us.

O.P KAT) 4221/12 & 4375/12

3.The factual situation on which these Original Petitions involve has been noted as hereunder:

Petitioners have certificates of having obtained degrees of B.Sc from Mangalore University. Three subjects are mentioned in each of those certi