JUDGMENT :

C.S.Sudha, J.

These writ appeals are against the judgment dated 18/12/2020 in W.P. (C)No.15666/2020. W.A.No.271/2021 has been filed by the petitioner; W.A.No.236/2021 by respondents 5 to 8, additional respondents 10 to 13, 15 and 16 and W.A.No.491/2021 by the 9th respondent in the writ petition. The parties and the documents will be referred to as described in the writ petition.

2. The writ petition has been filed by the unsuccessful candidate to the post of Assistant Professor, St.Johns College, Anchal, Kollam. The 9th respondent is the successful candidate. Respondents 5 and 6 are the Manager and the Principal respectively of the aforesaid college. The 7th respondent is the Chairman of the Selection Committee and the additional 8th respondent and additional respondents 10 to 15 are the members of the Selection Committee. According to the petitioner, the Selection Committee has not awarded the actual marks due to her. On the other hand, she was intentionally awarded quite low marks with the deliberate intention to achieve their object Writ Appeal Nos.236, 271 and 491 of 2021 of appointing the 9th respondent. The selection process was vitiated by bias and favoritism. Exts.P