AJIT BORTHAKUR, J.

1. Heard Mr. A. Apang, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant-North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (‘appellant-NERIST’) and Mr. D. Panging, learned counsel appearing for the sole respondent.

2. The substance of the challenge in this writ appeal is against the direction given on 4.11.2015 (Annexure 2) in the connected writ petition, viz., WP(C) No. 86(AP)/2015, whereby, the learned Single Judge directed the NERIST to appoint the writ petitioner as Associate Professor, in the Department of Agricultural Engineering. The writ petitioner was not recommended by the 9-member selection panel and yet, direction was issued for his appointment because, additional vacancy was available. Currently, the writ petitioner is serving as an Assistant Professor, but he applied for consideration to the higher post of Associate Professor, in terms of advertisement No. 2/2014 (Annexure 4) of the NERIST. Against the order dated 4.11.2015, the NERIST had filed the Review Petition No. 04(AP)/2015, but the same was dismissed on 3.3.2016, by the learned Single Judge. The primary challenge now in this writ appeal is against the direction giv