(1.) This writ petition has been filed invoking a writ of quo warranto against the 6th and 7th respondents who are appointed as Executive Trainees on 25/7/1991 on contract basis under the 4th respondent.
(2.) At the admission stage of the writ petition, the learned Single Judge, after recording that the petitioner does not have interest for himself against the post which has been held by respondent Nos. 6 and 7 in the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) and in the writ petition it is alleged that the respondent Nos. 6 and 7 who are holding the post of the Manager in KTDC at the time of their initial appointment did not have the requisite qualifications, directed the Registry to place the matter before the Hon'ble Division Bench dealing with the subject matter with a further direction upon the petitioner to disclose his credentials by filing an affidavit for maintaining the writ petition as prescribed in the High Court Rules.
(3.) Following the aforesaid direction, the matter was heard by the Bench headed by Mr. Justice Nitin Jamdar, the former Chief Justice of this Court. In course of the argument, the Hon'ble Division Bench, in its order dtd. 11/11/2025, made the following observation:-