AJITH K. vs ANEESH K.S. — C.A. No. 6178 - 6185/2019

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed appeals from candidates holding a Diploma in Health Inspectors Course (DHIC), who sought inclusion in a recruitment list for Junior Health Inspector Grade-II posts in Kerala's Municipal Common Service. The Court held that none of the conditions under Rule 10(a)(ii) of Kerala State Service Rules were satisfied: no prior executive order recognized the DHIC as equivalent to the prescribed Sanitary Inspector's Certificate, the Public Service Commission made no such determination, and the DHIC was not shown to presuppose completion of the lower qualification. The Court affirmed the High Court's decision that the rules could not be changed mid-way during the selection process. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.