JUDGMENT :

Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.

1. All the above four appeals have been preferred against the judgment dated 4th May, 2023 passed in two writ petitions heard analogously being WPA 18906 of 2022 preferred by one Laipubam Upendro Sharma (in short, Upendro) and WPA 28493 of 2022 preferred by one Shyama Prasad Chattopadhyay (in short, Shyama). The appeal being MAT 793 of 2023 has been preferred by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (in short, EZCC), the appeal being MAT 796 of 2023 has been preferred by one Ashis Kumar Giri (in short, Ashis), the appeal being MAT 838 of 2023 has been preferred by Shyama and the appeal being MAT 845 of 2023 has been preferred by the Union of India (in short, UOI).

2. Shorn of unnecessary details the facts are that EZCC, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India (in short, the said Ministry) published an advertisement dated 17th/23rd July 2021 inviting applications for filling up the post of Director, EZCC, Kolkata. Upendro, Shyama, Ashis along with others applied for the said post. As per decision of the said Ministry, a Scrutiny Committee consisting of four members was constituted for scrutiny of the applications received in th