diff --git a/pkg/policyengine/mutation.go b/pkg/policyengine/mutation.go
index 4ab71befcf..f9fd403a0a 100644
--- a/pkg/policyengine/mutation.go
+++ b/pkg/policyengine/mutation.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package policyengine
 import (
 	kubepolicy "github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/policyengine/mutation"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 // Mutate performs mutation. Overlay first and then mutation patches
-func (p *policyEngine) Mutate(policy kubepolicy.Policy, rawResource []byte) []mutation.PatchBytes {
+func (p *policyEngine) Mutate(policy kubepolicy.Policy, rawResource []byte, gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind) []mutation.PatchBytes {
 	var policyPatches []mutation.PatchBytes
 
 	for i, rule := range policy.Spec.Rules {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func (p *policyEngine) Mutate(policy kubepolicy.Policy, rawResource []byte) []mu
 			continue
 		}
 
-		ok, err := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription)
+		ok, err := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription, gvk)
 		if err != nil {
 			p.logger.Printf("Rule has invalid data: rule number = %d, rule name = %s in policy %s, err: %v\n", i, rule.Name, policy.ObjectMeta.Name, err)
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/policyengine/mutation/utils.go b/pkg/policyengine/mutation/utils.go
index eb1daf2156..ad433932be 100644
--- a/pkg/policyengine/mutation/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/policyengine/mutation/utils.go
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ func ParseRegexPolicyResourceName(policyResourceName string) (string, bool) {
 }
 
 // ResourceMeetsRules checks requests kind, name and labels to fit the policy
-func ResourceMeetsRules(resourceRaw []byte, description kubepolicy.ResourceDescription) (bool, error) {
-	kind := ParseKindFromObject(resourceRaw)
-	if description.Kind != kind {
+func ResourceMeetsRules(resourceRaw []byte, description kubepolicy.ResourceDescription, gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind) (bool, error) {
+	if description.Kind != gvk.Kind {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/policyengine/policyengine.go b/pkg/policyengine/policyengine.go
index 76936b9913..3957ddf224 100644
--- a/pkg/policyengine/policyengine.go
+++ b/pkg/policyengine/policyengine.go
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ import (
 	event "github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/event"
 	"github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/policyengine/mutation"
 	policyviolation "github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/policyviolation"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 type PolicyEngine interface {
 	// Mutate should be called from admission contoller
 	// when there is an creation / update of the resource
 	// ProcessMutation(policy types.Policy, rawResource []byte) (patchBytes []byte, events []Events, err error)
-	Mutate(policy types.Policy, rawResource []byte) []mutation.PatchBytes
+	Mutate(policy types.Policy, rawResource []byte, gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind) []mutation.PatchBytes
 
 	// Validate should be called from admission contoller
 	// when there is an creation / update of the resource
-	Validate(policy types.Policy, rawResource []byte) bool
+	Validate(policy types.Policy, rawResource []byte, gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind) bool
 
 	// ProcessExisting should be called from policy controller
 	// when there is an create / update of the policy
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ func (p *policyEngine) ProcessExisting(policy types.Policy, rawResource []byte)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if ok, err := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription); !ok {
-			p.logger.Printf("Rule %s of policy %s is not applicable to the request", rule.Name, policy.Name)
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
+		//if ok, err := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription); !ok {
+		//	p.logger.Printf("Rule %s of policy %s is not applicable to the request", rule.Name, policy.Name)
+		//	return nil, nil, err
+		//}
 
 		violation, eventInfos, err := p.processRuleOnResource(policy.Name, rule, rawResource)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/policyengine/validation.go b/pkg/policyengine/validation.go
index acd4a83bc9..8418a12d27 100644
--- a/pkg/policyengine/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/policyengine/validation.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import (
 
 	kubepolicy "github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/policyengine/mutation"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
-func (p *policyEngine) Validate(policy kubepolicy.Policy, rawResource []byte) bool {
+func (p *policyEngine) Validate(policy kubepolicy.Policy, rawResource []byte, gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind) bool {
 	var resource interface{}
 	json.Unmarshal(rawResource, &resource)
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func (p *policyEngine) Validate(policy kubepolicy.Policy, rawResource []byte) bo
 			continue
 		}
 
-		ok, err := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription)
+		ok, err := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription, gvk)
 		if err != nil {
 			p.logger.Printf("Rule has invalid data: rule number = %d, rule name = %s in policy %s, err: %v\n", i, rule.Name, policy.ObjectMeta.Name, err)
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/server.go b/pkg/webhooks/server.go
index 637da97e27..8f23ce8370 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/server.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/server.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (ws *WebhookServer) HandleMutation(request *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest) *v1be
 	for _, policy := range policies {
 		ws.logger.Printf("Applying policy %s with %d rules\n", policy.ObjectMeta.Name, len(policy.Spec.Rules))
 
-		policyPatches := ws.policyEngine.Mutate(*policy, request.Object.Raw)
+		policyPatches := ws.policyEngine.Mutate(*policy, request.Object.Raw, request.Kind)
 		allPatches = append(allPatches, policyPatches...)
 
 		if len(policyPatches) > 0 {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (ws *WebhookServer) HandleValidation(request *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest) *v1
 	for _, policy := range policies {
 		ws.logger.Printf("Validating resource with policy %s with %d rules", policy.ObjectMeta.Name, len(policy.Spec.Rules))
 
-		if ok := ws.policyEngine.Validate(*policy, request.Object.Raw); !ok {
+		if ok := ws.policyEngine.Validate(*policy, request.Object.Raw, request.Kind); !ok {
 			ws.logger.Printf("Validation has failed: %v\n", err)
 			utilruntime.HandleError(err)
 			allowed = false
diff --git a/policycontroller/processPolicy.go b/policycontroller/processPolicy.go
index 7165361cce..ed93168b49 100644
--- a/policycontroller/processPolicy.go
+++ b/policycontroller/processPolicy.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	types "github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1"
 	event "github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/event"
-	"github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/policyengine/mutation"
 	policyviolation "github.com/nirmata/kube-policy/pkg/policyviolation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ func (pc *PolicyController) filterResourceByRule(rule types.Rule) ([]runtime.Obj
 
 	for _, resource := range resources {
 		// TODO:
-		rawResource, err := json.Marshal(resource)
+		//rawResource, err := json.Marshal(resource)
 		// objKind := resource.GetObjectKind()
 		// codecFactory := serializer.NewCodecFactory(runtime.NewScheme())
 		// codecFactory.EncoderForVersion()
@@ -97,9 +96,9 @@ func (pc *PolicyController) filterResourceByRule(rule types.Rule) ([]runtime.Obj
 		}
 
 		// filter the resource by name and label
-		if ok, _ := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription); ok {
-			targetResources = append(targetResources, resource)
-		}
+		//if ok, _ := mutation.ResourceMeetsRules(rawResource, rule.ResourceDescription); ok {
+		//	targetResources = append(targetResources, resource)
+		//}
 	}
 	return targetResources, nil
 }