1. Heard Mr. R. Krishna Raj for appellant and Mr. O.V. Radhakrishnan, standing counsel for the respondent.

2. The above Writ Appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 24/06/1998 in O.P. 9161/98 of C.S. Rajan, J. a learned Judge of this Court dismissing the Original Petition on the ground that the appellant did not possess the required driving licence as on 30/08/1995, the last date of receipt of the application.

3. The appellant filed the Original Petition to direct the Public Service Commission to consider his name for selection to the post of Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector in the Motor Vehicles Department as notified in the gazette dated 18/07/1995 and to quash Ext. P1 and to grant such other reliefs. According to the appellant he was issued with hall ticket and he attended the written examination. At the time of applying for the post he was having a. Learner's Licence for Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicles and Heavy Goods Vehicle. But he obtained valid driving licence before attending the written examination. While the appellant was expecting the call for interview, he was served with a memo on 3.9.1996 informing him that his application for selection to the post of Assistan