IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL K.NARENDRAN &

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MURALEE KRISHNA S.

TH FRIDAY, THE 26 DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025 / 4TH ASWINA, 1947 OP(KAT) NO. 397 OF 2025 AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 18.09.2025 IN OA NO.1624 OF 2025 OF KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PETITIONER/APPLICANT:

JAYAKRISHNAN V AGED 28 YEARS S/O VISWANATHAN PILLAI, KERALA POLICE CONSTABLE , KAP

3 BATTALION,VAYALA P.O ADOOR PATHANAMTHITTA-

691544(UNDER ORDERS OF REMOVAL FROM TRAINING) RESIDING AT PRESIDING AT CHANDHANAPALLIL, VADAKKUMBHAGOM, CHAVARA SOUTH P0, KOLLAM, KERALA, PIN - 691584 BY ADVS.

SHRI.THOMAS C.ABRAHAM SMT.BINTA THERESE JIMMY SMT.RHEA SHERRY RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS:

1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, HOME DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- KERALA, PIN - 695001

2 STATE POLICE CHIEF POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM KERALA, PIN -

695014

3 ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE(INTELLIGENCE)

ADGP ,INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695004

4 THE COMMANDANT KERALA ARMED POLICE BATTALION-III, PATHANAMTHITTA, KERALA, PIN 689645 –

ADV.A.J.VARGHESE, SR.G.P THIS OP KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL WAS FINALLY HEARD ON

24.09.2025, THE COURT ON 26.09.2025 PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The applicant in O.A.No.1624 of 2025 on the file of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (the ‘Tribunal’ in short), being dissatisfied with the interim order dated 18.09.2025 passed by the Tribunal in that original application, filed this original petition invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.

2. The petitioner was placed in the 37^th position in Annexure A1 ranked list for the post of Police Constable (Armed Police Battalion) conducted by the Kerala Public Service Commission (‘PSC’ in short). The petitioner states that though he was initially denied admission to the police training programme on the ground that his character, antecedents and suitability had not been decided by the 1^st respondent, by Annexure A2 order dated 27.01.2025 in O.A. No.203 of 2025, the Tribunal directed the respondents to include him in the training scheduled to commence with the new recruits. Pursuant to the said order, the petitioner joined the police training programme on 01.02.2025 and completed 9 months of training. But by Annexure A3 Government order dated 30.08.2025, by relying on the report of the Director General of Police (Intelligence), citing three criminal cases for the years 2015 and 2017, he was disqualified from appointment. Subsequently, by Annexure A4 order dated 12.09.2025, the petitioner was removed from the training programme, while only forty days were remaining for completion of the training. Therefore, the petitioner approached the Tribunal by filing the original application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, seeking the following reliefs:

“(i) To call for the records leading to Annexure A3 and Annexure A4 issued by the respondents and to set aside the same.

(ii) To direct the respondents to permit the applicant to continue the training programme for the post of Police Constable in the Kerala Armed Police 3^rd Battalion.”

3. On 18.09.2025, when the original application came up for admission, the Tribunal passed the following order:

“Admit.

Learned Government Pleader takes notice for all the respondents.

Annexures A5 and A6 shall be subject to the result of the Original Application.

Post after two weeks”.

4. Being dissatisfied with that order, since the Tribunal did not grant the interim relief directing the respondents to permit the petitioner to continue the training programme as sought in the original application, the petitioner filed the present original petition.

5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Senior Government Pleader.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the criminal antecedents stated in the