Prasanth K. Kanotathil and Another v. Kerala Public Service Commission Tvm. and Another

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2016 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 25143

KERALA HIGH COURT
R. Narayana Pisharodi, J
Prasanth K. Kanotathil and Another v. Kerala Public Service Commission Tvm. and Another

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sri. Kaleeswaram Raj
For the Respondents: Sri. P. C. Sasidharan

Table of Content
1. procedural compliance is mandatory for public service applications. (Para 2 , 3)
2. court's jurisdiction to review psc decisions is limited. (Para 4 , 5)
3. judicial non-interference is warranted in cases of public interest discretion. (Para 6)
4. defining mandatory versus directory instructions rests with the psc. (Para 7)

1. As the issue involved in both these writ petitions is the same, they are taken up together for consideration and disposed by this common judgment.

2. The petitioner in WP (C) No. 17596/2016 had applied for the post of Draftsman Grade I in the Kerala Water Authority, pursuant to a notification inviting applications that was published by the Kerala Public Service Commission [hereinafter referred to as the 'PSC']. Pursuant to the application submitted by the petitioner, the petitioner is issued with an admission ticket directing him to appear for the written examination on 25/09/2015. Thereafter, the PSC published a short list dated 30/04/2016, wherein, the petitioner's name was included in the supplementary list of Ezhava candidates. The petitioner was thereafter called for a certificate verification on 10/12/2015. It is not in dispute that the p

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