JUDGMENT

The writ petition is filed with the following prayers:

“(i) Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1^st Respondent to finalize the selection Procedure initiated as per Exhibit P1 re-notification, within a time frame fixed by this honourable Court.

(ii) Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1st Respondent to consider and pass orders on Exhibit P5 representation submitted by the Petitioner.”

2. The petitioner is a graduate in the subject Botany. The 1^st respondent/Manager of the Cochin College, issued Ext.P1 re- notification dated 26.03.2025, calling for applications to the permanent post of Assistant Professors in subject Physics and Botany. Ext.P1 was earmarked to be filled up under the norms of Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 , since the College had to fill up backlog vacancies as per Ext.P2, Government Order. Ext.P1 is a third notification. Earlier on two occasions since no person with disability in the category of Deaf/Hard-Heard applied, the petitioner being a person with disability (low vision) preferred an application to the post of Assistant Professor Botany, pursuant to Ext.P1. Vide Ext.P3, the petitioner was called for an interview. The petitioner was