JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The petitioner in W.P.(C)No.8821 of 2024 filed this writ appeal under Section 5 (i) of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958 , challenging the judgment dated 05.02.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in that writ petition.

2. The appellant filed W.P.(C)No.8821 of 2024 under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following reliefs:

“(I) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction, directing the respondents 1 to 5 to promote the petitioner to the post of Assistant, from among low paid employees, considering his lateral reservation for promotion to persons with bench mark disability and 4% quota for by transfer appointment to low paid employees to the post of Assistants in Kannur University in the existing or ensuing vacancy, in tune with the Rights of Persons with disabilities Act, 2016.

(II) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ order or direction, directing the respondents to identify and notify all posts in the University to be filled with persons with bench mark disability in the 4% quota as envisaged under Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and to fill in those vacancies