1. The petitioner is a candidate applied for appointment in the 3rd respondent University to the post of Lecturer in Music, for which application was invited based on Ext. P1 notification. There is no dispute with respect to qualification and eligibility of the petitioner to the post in question. The petitioner had attended the interview conducted on 14/06/2004. The 2nd respondent had published a rank list of 8 candidates in which the petitioner's name was not included. The additional 5th respondent herein was given appointment from the merit quota. According to the petitioner the 2nd vacancy ought to have been given to an Ezhava candidate, as per the Rules of reservation provided in the Kerala State an