summarily rejected. It is further contended that the detailed instructions regarding the submissions of applications were available in the website of the Kerala Public Service Commission and it carried specific instructions regarding the requirement to record the name and date on the photograph affixed in the application while responding to Ext.P1 notification. The said fact is not disputed by the petitioner. The learned standing counsel also brought to my attention a decision of a Division Bench of this Court in Sasikala T.V Vs Kerala Public Service Commission & Another reported in 2012 (2) KHC 441 (DB). That was a case wherein the requirement to record the name of the applicant and the date on which the photograph was taken, stipulated in the notification itself. The Division Bench considered the impact of the failure to record the name of the applicant and the date on which the photograph was taken. Obviously, the Division Bench negatived the contention that such failure to record the name of the applicant and date on which the photograph was taken is only a minor curable defect and held that the rejection of application for failure to comply with the said direction as legal as it is aimed to prevent impersonation and ensuring fairness in the conduct of examination. True that, in this case in the notification such a requirement is not specifically given. However, incontestably, the above extracted portion from Ext.P1 notification viz., instructions No.8 would make it abundantly clear that it carried specific
