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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 4239

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MR. ANIL K.NARENDRAN, MURALEE KRISHNA S., JJ
KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION – Appellant
Versus
NITHYA.V.L – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Shri.P.C.Sasidharan
For the Respondents: Shri.Kalam Pasha B., SMT.HASNA ASHRAF T.A, SHRI.ANANDU U.R., SMT.PRINCY XAVIER, SR.G.P

Table of Content
1. factual basis of the case. (Para 1 , 3)
2. court's interpretation of qualifications and education. (Para 2 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 20)
3. arguments on qualifications and certificate equivalency. (Para 5 , 6)
4. legal principle on educational qualifications and equivalence. (Para 14 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
5. conclusion on the rejection of applications. (Para 23)

COMMON JUDGMENT

These original petitions are filed by the Kerala Public Service Commission (‘KPSC’, for short), invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India , challenging the common order dated 01.07.2025 passed by the Kerala Administrative Tribunal at Thiruvananthapuram (the ‘Tribunal’, for short) in the respective original applications. The District Officer of KPSC is also one of the petitioners in some of the original petitions, wherever he was a party in the respective original applications. Since the point to be decided in these original petitions is the same, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. For convenience of reference, the parties to these original petitions are referred to in this judgment as they were referre

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