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Krishnan Nair vs Kerala Public Service Commission on 27 July, 1982

(b)(iii) provides that no person shall be eligible for appointment to any service by direct recruitment unless the State Government are satisfied that his character and antecedents are such as to qualify him for such service. If the Government cannot appoint members of the Staff of the PSC, then conversely the Government cannot pass an order under Rule 10(b)(iii) also. Of course, the learned counsel for the petitioner points out that in KS & SSR the appointing authority is different from Government. But that is because in Government service there are appointing authorities other than the Government. That distinction is not there in the service of the PSC where the appointing authority is the PSC itself. Therefore as the authority competent to appoint the petitioner, the PSC alone can pass an order invoking Rule 10(b)(iii) of the KS&SSR. I draw support in this view from the decision of the Division Bench in Krishnan Nair's case (supra). In that case in respect of an employee of the PSC the Government framed charges and the Division Bench held thus:
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