Sankarasubban, J.

The petitioner in O.P. No. 11156 of 1996 is the appellant. The Registrar, University of Kerala, issued Ext. P1 notification dt. 26.5.1994 inviting applications for various teaching posts in the University. One of the posts advised is the post of Lecturer in Islamic Studies in the teaching department of University of Kerala. The qualifications were prescribed in the notification. The petitioner had the required qualification and he applied for the post. He was called for interview on 9.7.1996. In the interview he found that the selection committee was headed by the 3rd respondent - Pro-Vice Chancellor instead of the second respondent - Vice Chancellor. The selection committee submitted its recommendation to Syndicate. Before the Syndicate took a decision, the petitioner filed the original petition challenging the constitution of the selection committee.

2. According to the petitioner, the selection committee' has to be constituted as per Statute 4 of Chapter 3 of the Kerala University First Statutes, 1977. Under this statute, the Vice Chancellor is the ex-officio Chairman of the selection committee. The committee is to consist of one Syndicate member to