2025:KER:29300 WP(C) NO. 45998 OF 2024 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS FRIDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 14TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 45998 OF 2024 PETITIONER: ABIJITH P.R AGED 17 YEARS PANAMITTAH HOUSE, KADAVNTHARA, REPRESENTED BY HIS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND, SEEMA M.V AGED 46, D/O VELAPPAN M.K, PANAMITTAH HOUSE, KADAVNTHARA, PIN - 682020 BY ADV DIPU JAMES RESPONDENTS: 1 THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM –, PIN - 695001 2 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, KAKKANAD, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682030 3 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THIRUVALLA, PATHANAMTHITTA, PIN - 689101 4 THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE, ERNAKULAM REVENUE DISTRICT KALOLSAVAM 2024-25 DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE, ERNAKULAM - REPRESENTED BY ITS CONVENER, PIN - 673004 5 THE APPEAL COMMITTEE, 2025:KER:29300 WP(C) NO. 45998 OF 2024 2 ERNAKULAM REVENUE DISTRICT KALOLSAVAM 2024-25 REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THIRUVALLA, PATHANAMTHITTA, PIN - 689101 6 THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE, KERALA STATE SCHOOL KALOLSAVAM 2024-25 OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF GENERAL EDUCATION (HSE WING), HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, SANTHI NAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL CONVENOR, ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR OF GENERAL EDUCATION (GENERAL), PIN - 695001 7 ST. TERESA'S CONVENT GIRLS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER, PIN - 682011 OTHER PRESENT: GP SRI AJITH VISWANATHAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:29300 WP(C) NO. 45998 OF 2024 3 Dated this the 4th day of April, 2025 JUDGMENT The writ petition is filed to quash Ext.P2 order and direct the respondents 2 to 6 to permit the petitioner and his team to participate in Vrindavadyam Competition of Kerala State School Kalolsavam2024-2025. 2. When the writ petition came up for consideration on 31.12.2024, this Court had directed the respondents to permit the petitioner's team to provisionally participate in the above competition. Subsequently, this Court directed the results of the competition to be published. 3. Heard; the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader. 4. The learned Government Pleader submitted that the petitioner's team had secured an 'A' grade in the competition. 2025:KER:29300 WP(C) NO. 45998 OF 2024 4 In the light of the above submission, the writ petition is disposed of, by directing the respondents to award the petitioner's team the benefit of securing an 'A' grade in the above competition. SD/- rmm4/4/2025 C.S.DIAS, JUDGE 2025:KER:29300 WP(C) NO. 45998 OF 2024 5 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 45998/2024 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE RESULT PUBLISHED IN THE WEBSITE OF KERALA SCHOOL KALOLSAVAM IN RESPECT OF DISTRICT KALOLSAVAM ERNAKULAM, FOR ITEM VRINDAVADYAM – HSS GENERAL Exhibit P1(a) A TRUE COPY OF APPEAL DATED 29.11.2024 AT 2.45 P.M. BEFORE THE 5TH RESPONDENT APPEAL COMMITTEE AGAINST THE RESULT Exhibit P1(b) A TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT DATED 29.11.2024 ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER ON BEHALF OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR (EDUCATION) ERNAKULAM, ERNAKULAM REVENUE DISTRICT SCHOOL KALOLSAVAM 2024-25 –HSS Exhibit P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 5.12.2024 PASSED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 5TH RESPONDENT COMMITTEE Exhibit P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE DATED 4-1- 2023 ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER IN RESPECT OF 61ST KERALA SCHOOL KALOLSAVAM 2022-23 Exhibit P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE DATED 4-1- 2023 ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER IN RESPECT OF 61ST KERALA SCHOOL KALOLSAVAM 2023-24 Exhibit P5 A TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF THE KERALA SCHOOL KALOLSAVA MANUAL ISSUED (PAGES 3 TO 8, 17,23,25,36 TO 40, 65,81) ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT Exhibit P6 TRUE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HAPPENING AFTER THE EVENT