K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.

Petitioners are the appellants. Common question arise in all these cases. We shall deal with the facts in O.P. 22276 of 1997. Kerala Public Service Commission published a notification in the Kerala Gazette dated 4.6.1996 inviting applications for recruitment to the post of Veterinary Surgeon Gr. II in the Animal Husbandry Department. Petitioners applied for the post notified. They took the written test held on 30.5.1997 along with 487 candidates. After assessing the merits of the candidates in the written test, the Public Service Commission published a short list containing 268 candidates, out of which 211 candidates were included in the main list and 57 candidates were included in the various supplementary lists. Petitioners were not included in any of the lists. Aggrieved by the same these Writ Petitions were preferred seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Public Service Commission to include the name of the petitioners also in the short list and to call them for interview for final selection to the post of Veterinary Surgeon Gr. II. Learned Single Judge did not grant any of the reliefs prayed for. Aggrieved by the same these appeals have been