ORDER :

Admit.

2. Assistant Solicitor General of India takes notice for the first respondent. Government Pleader takes notice for respondents 2 to 4. Issue notice by speed post to respondents 5 and 6.

3. Heard the learned Senior counsel Sri. Renjith Thampan for the petitioner and the learned Additional Advocate General, Sri. Ashok M. Cherian for respondents 2 to 4 on the prayer of the petitioner for interim relief.

4. In this proceedings, the petitioner challenges Ext.P3 notification issued by the sixth respondent Selection Committee for selection of Judicial Members in the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) established under Section 4(2) of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (the Act). By way of interim order, the petitioner seeks stay of operation of Ext.P3 notification and all further proceedings pursuant to the same.

5. In anticipation of the vacancies of two Judicial Members, the sixth respondent issued Ext.P3 notification on 01.07.2021. The petitioner who is a practising lawyer is stated to be an aspirant for appointment as Judicial Member in the Tribunal. The main ground on which the petitioner challenges Ext.P3 notification is that Rule 3(2) of the Administrative