JUDGMENT

G.S. Sandhawalia , J. - Prayer in the present writ petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by 7 petitioners, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, for quashing the action of the State Government whereby the duly conducted selection process for appointment to the posts of Members of District Consumer Forums which was initiated on the advertisement dated 15.12.2018 (Annexure P-2) was scrapped allegedly arbitrarily in a completely illegal manner without there being any justifiable and cogent reason.

2. Further directions are sought for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus to grant appointment to the petitioners as Members of the District Consumer Forums by issuing the requisite notification as the selection process has already been done by the statutory Selection Committee constituted as per the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (for short, the 1986 Act') and the Punjab Consumer Protection (Appointment, Salary, Allowances and Conditions of Service of President and Members of the State Commission and District Foru