The facts and sequence of events in these writ petitions bring to the fore the travails of an exasperated litigant who applied for the post of Assistant Professor in Zoology in the Kerala Varma College, Thrissur. The College falls under the management of the Cochin Devaswom Board whose conduct during the course of this litigation has been deplorable, to say the least. Despite an interim order passed by this Court on 27.5.2015, to provisionally appoint the petitioner in W.P.(C).No.15588/2015 as Assistant Professor in Zoology with effect from 1.6.2015, the Board persisted with its adamant attitude and ensured that the petitioner did not enjoy the fruits of the interim order passed by this Court. While this Court is not against, a litigant challenging the legality of orders passed by it before an appellate forum, it would certainly frown upon those who resort to dilatory tactics to avoid compliance with orders that have attained finality. Such has been the conduct of the Board, despite the indulgence and patience shown to it by this Court while entertaining petitions filed by it seeking modification of earlier orders passed against it. It is not that this Court is unaware of