A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.

The petitioners in these writ petitions are aspirants for the posts of President of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (hereinafter referred to as 'DCDRF'). They comprise of persons who have held the office of President DCDRF in the past, Retired District Judges and persons who are qualified to be appointed as District Judges. They are aggrieved by the selection procedure that was followed by the State Government in connection with appointments made to the posts of President of the DCDRF's in Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Idukki and Palakkad districts of the State.

2. The facts in the writ petitions would indicate that the State Government had, by a letter dated 08.12.2013, requested the High Court to forward a panel of qualified persons comprising of sitting District Judges/retired District Judges and persons qualified to be appointed as District Judges for considering them for appointment to the posts of President in the eight DCDRF's mentioned above. On receipt of the said letter, the High Court, through an Official Memorandum dated 17.01.2014 addressed to the Principal District Judges