RAMACHANDRAN, J.

The above two appeals arise from the judgment in O.P. No. 2416 of 1998. W.A. No. 1080/98 is filed by the respondents, viz., State of Kerala, Director of Collegiate Education and the Departmental Promotion Committee of Higher Education Department. Mr. P. T. Govindan Nambiar, Principal, G.P.M. Government College, Manjeswar had impleaded in the appeal as second respondent. He had also filed a separate appeal as W.A. No. 1395 of 1999, after obtaining leave from the Court he being not party to the earlier proceedings.

The Original Petition leading to the present appeals had been filed by Smt. K. Suseela George, while working as Principal of the Government College, Kanjiramkulam. She had been promoted provisionally as Principal and regularised by order dated 26-3-1996. Her complaint was that though steps were in progress for selection for promotion as Principal (Special Grade)/Deputy Director of Collegiate Education and the Departmental Promotion Committee was being convened, her claims were not being taken note of, whereas her juniors were included in the list. Intervention of the Court, therefore, had been sought for.

It appears that during 1986 Smt. Suseela G