JUDGMENT :

A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.

The petitioner in WP(C).No.5663 of 2016, who was the 5th respondent in WP(C).No.12994 of 2016 is the appellant herein aggrieved by the common judgment dated 16.11.2019 of a learned Single Judge.

2. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of these Writ Appeals are as follows:

The appellant herein had responded to a notification dated 15.03.2012 (Ext.P23) for appointment to one of five vacancies notified for the post of Scientist E-1 in the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), which is an institution under the control of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. As per the said notification, the candidates applying for the post had to be possessed of the education qualifications required for the same and had to conform to the age limit prescribed, which was upto 40 years as on 10.04.2012. The appellant, whose date of birth was 25.05.1972, satisfied the age requirement for the post advertised and accordingly applied for the same. It would appear, however, that the selection process envisaged by the notification did not go ahead, and was cancelled. Thereafter, by a fresh notification dated 01.02.2013 (Ext.P24), the five