Abdul Gafoor, J.

All these Writ Appeals, except W.A.No.1180 of 2004, which will be dealt with separately, have been filed by the Kerala Public Service Commission. In the impugned Judgment, it is directed:

“……………to take all steps so as to see that the applications of the petitioners in these Original Petitioners are treated as valid for all purposes. What is necessarily to be done by the public service Commission are to be expeditiously carried out. Depending upon the ultimate rank they secure, as adjudged, they have to be accommodated in the rank list which is already published.â€

This direction was issued after having found that “the petitioners have a strong base when they urge that notwithstanding the reference to the pay scales in the notification, it has in fact an invitation to a post which carried basic pay of less than Rs.250/- (in this case Rs.140/-) in contradistinction to posts which had pay scale of Rs.250/- and above.†The short facts necessary for disposal of these Writ Appeals are as follows:

2. The Act, namely, Kerala Public Service Commission (Additional Functions as Respects certain Societies) Act, 1996 was enforced with effect from 27.10.