Koshy, J.

This appeal relates to the appointment of Junior clerks in the second respondent Co-operative Bank Ltd. In the year 2001. Appellant was one of the candidates to the above post. She was rank No:III in the written test. Appellant got 94 marks out of 160. Even though she was rank No: III in the written test, after the interview she was placed in Xth rank as she got only 3 marks out of 20 in the interview. It is contended that a candidate/respondent No: 9 who got rank No: 13 in the written test was awarded 20 out of 20 in the interview and 65 marks out of 160 and who was placed as rank No: 5 she was given appointment. The appellant alleges serious irregularities in the conduct of the selection. According to her interview was conducted by the Board members in such a way as to give maximum marks to the persons of their choice. The specific allegation of the appellant is that written test was conducted by an independent agency (Institute of Management in general) and the mark list in the written test was forwarded to the agency in a sealed cover. The management committee opened the sealed cover prior to the interview and after knowing about the marks of each candidate