JUDGMENT :

A.K. JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR, J.

1. The State is in appeal before us against the judgment dated 27.11.2020 of a learned Single Judge in W.P. (C) No. 19153 of 2020. The brief facts necessary for a disposal of the appeal are as follows:

The writ petitioner was an applicant for the post of Chairman, Kerala State Pollution Control Board and he responded to the notification dated 05.05.2020 published by the State Government in that regard. The notification contained details of the essential and desirable qualifications to be possessed by aspirants for the post and they read as follows:

2. It is significant that the notification did not specify the procedure to be followed for selection of a candidate to the post. That procedure was prescribed by the State Government through a G.O. dated 18.06.2020 that constituted a three-member Selection Committee to (i) scrutinize the applications received by the Government pursuant to the notification and (ii) nominate a suitable candidate after conducting an interview.

3. The Selection Committee at its first meeting held on 25.06.2020 screene