JUDGMENT :

1. The appellant is the petitioner in W.P(C)No.38986 of 2022, a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of certiorari to quash Ext.P4 communication dated 20.04.2022 issued by the 1st respondent Cochin University of Science and Technology and Ext.P6 order dated 16.09.2022 of the 2nd respondent Registrar of the said University. The appellant has also sought for a writ of mandamus commanding the 2nd respondent to appoint her as Associate Professor-Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Applied Chemistry, in the vacancy earmarked for the Scheduled Caste community; and a declaration that Ext.P6 order dated 16.09.2022 issued by the 2nd respondent is violative of the rights of the candidates in the Scheduled Caste community. By the impugned judgment dated 03.02.2023, the learned Single Judge dismissed the writ petition holding that the 1st respondent University was justified in declining the request of the petitioner for appointment to the vacancy notified vide Ext.P1 notification dated 22.10.2019. Feeling aggrieved, the appellant is before this Court in this writ appeal invoking the provisions under Section 5(1) of the Kerala High C