KURIAN JOSEPH,J. - (1.) Leave granted.
(2.) The qualification for appointment of Lower Division Typist is prescribed in the Notification, which reads as follows :- "7. Qualifications : 1. S.S.L.C. or its equivalent qualification. 2. Lower Grade Certificate in KGTE Malayalam Typewriting. 3. Lower Grade Certificate in KGTE English Typewriting and Computer Word Processing or its equivalent (G.O.(P) No.17/2005/P&ARD dated 09.05.2005. Note 1 : Those who have passed KGTE Typewriting before January 2002 should produce separate certificate in Computer Word Processing or its equivalent. Certificates in Computer Word Processing issued by Central, State Government Departments/Agencies/Societies, Universities after successfully completing course of study not less than three months duration are considered as equivalent."
(3.) Since the appellant herein possessed only a National Trade Certificate, the initial objection was that the same was not the equivalent to the prescribed qualification. That objection was recalled by the Public Service Commission and the appellant was included in the Rank List at Rank No.7. However, an objection was later taken that the Computer Word Processing possessed by the appellant is acquired only after the last date of Notification in 2009.;