Rajesh Kumar v. PSC - 1998 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 1462

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1998 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 1462

KERALA HIGH COURT
C.S. Rajan, J
Rajesh Kumar v. PSC

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. R. Krishna Raj
For the Respondents: Mr. O.V. Radhakrishnan

Table of Content
1. applicant's qualifications determined not valid by governing rules. (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. eligibility must be verified by application date. (Para 5 , 6 , 10)
3. court affirms previous legal decisions regarding required qualifications. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)

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 Hea