JUDGMENT :

S.K. Panigrahi, J.

1. The petitioners have filed this writ petition challenging the entire process of selection conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission for recruitment to the post of Assistant Professors in Psychology in different State Public Universities under the administrative control of Higher Education Department.

2. The petitioners who had offered their candidature pursuant to an advertisement bearing no-08 0020-dated 08.02.2021 issued by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) for recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in different State Public Universities of Odisha and were subsequently shortlisted for interview, in the present writ application seeks to challenge the notice bearing no-8881/PSC dated 06.12.2021 and letter/order bearing file no-HE-UE-POLICY-0017 2020 51061/HE dated 14.12.2021 and the massive irregularity committed by the opposite party No-2 in the process of selection particularly by appointing two subject experts in the interview Board who are the Ph.D. guide of some candidates and also written some articles with some of the selected candidates who participated in the interview and selecting one candidate namely Monalika Rath