ARUN SHANKARAN C T v. STATE OF KERALA
Court: High Court of Kerala
Bench: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.MUHAMED MUSTAQUE,HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. KRISHNA KUMAR
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Case summary
High Court of Kerala judgment dated 2025-04-10. ARUN SHANKARAN C T v. STATE OF KERALA. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
2025:KER:31606 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. MUHAMED MUSTAQUE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. KRISHNA KUMAR TH THURSDAY, THE 10 DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 20TH CHAITHRA, 1947 OP(KAT) NO. 172 OF 2025 THE ORDER DATED 04. 04. 2025 IN OA (EKM) NO. 537 OF 2025 OF KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL AT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (ADDITIONAL BENCH, ERNAKULAM) PETITIONER/APPLICANT: ARUN SHANKARAN C T AGED 34 YEARS S/O. NANDAKUMAR, RESIDING AT 'SHANKARA CHAITHANYA', R. V PURAM, THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA, PIN - 680631 BY ADVS. SRI. JACOB SEBASTIAN SRI. WINSTON K. V SMT. ANU JACOB SMT. ANJANA KRISHNAN SRI. BHARATH KRISHNAN G. SMT. ANJANA A. S.
RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, PERSONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 695001 2 THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 695004 3 THE SECRETARY KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 695004 THIS OP KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10. 04. 2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: OP(KAT)No. 172 of 2025 2 2025:KER:31606 JUDGMENT th Dated this the 10 day of April, 2025 A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. The petitioner belongs to economically weaker section category. There is no age relaxation for such category for making application under the Kerala Administrative Service. The petitioner seeks age relaxation similar to the candidates belong to SC/ST and OBC etc.
The Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram (Additional Bench, Ernakulam, for short 'the Tribunal') directed the Government to consider the request of the petitioner. We are not interfering with the direction of the Tribunal, as it does not involve the policy decision of the Government. However, the petitioner's prayer for acceptance of the application cannot be considered, as it is against the stipulation of the notification. Therefore, OP(KAT)No. 172 of 2025 3 2025:KER:31606 affirming the impugned order, the Original Petition is dismissed. Sd/- A. MUHAMED MUSTAQUE JUDGE Sd/- P. KRISHNA KUMAR JUDGE MJL OP(KAT)No. 172 of 2025 4 2025:KER:31606 APPENDIX OF OP(KAT) 172/2025 PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES: Exhibit-P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FILED ON 02. 04. 2025 IN O. A. (EKM) NO. 537/2025 ALONG WITH THE ANNEXURES BEFORE THE KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, (ADDITIONAL BENCH,ERNAKULAM).
Annexure-A1 A TRUE COPY OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA PUBLISHED BY MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DATED 12. 01. 2019. Annexure-A2 A TRUE COPY OF THE G. O. (MS) NO. 2/2020/P&ARD ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT DATED 12. 02. 2020. Annexure-A3 A TRUE COPY OF THE SRO NO. 861/2017 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF KERALA DATED 01. 01. 2018. Annexure-A4 A TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE NO. 651/2024 ISSUED BY THE VILLAGE OFFICER, VILVATTOM DATED 25. 07. 2024. Annexure-A5 A TRUE COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION PUBLISHED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT TOWARDS CATEGORY NO. 01/2025-03/2025 DATED 07. 03. 2025. Annexure-A6 A TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT DATED 13. 03. 2025. Annexure-A7 A TRUE COPY OF THE G. O. (RT) NO. 593/2022/CO-OP DATED 01. 09. 2022. Exhibit-P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 04. 04. 2025 IN O. A. (EKM) NO. 537/2025 OF THE KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, (ADDITIONAL BENCH, ERNAKULAM).
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