C.S. Rajan, J.

The petitioners were included in the ranked list prepared by the P.S.C. for appointment to the post of Reserve Conductors in the K.S.R.T.C., which was brought into force with effect from 18.5.1992. The prayer in the Original Petition is to declare that all the vacancies of Reserve Conductors in the K.S.R.T.C. which arose during the validity period of the ranked list are liable to be filled up from that list, even if those vacancies are reported after the period of validity of the list. I would have disposed of this Original Petition without much difficulty following the Full Bench decision reported in Vintala Kumari v. State (1994(2) KLT 47). But Sri. M.R. Rajendran Nair, learned counsel for the petitioners made a fervent plea that the above Full Bench decision did not take into consideration R.14 of the Public Service Commission Rules of Procedure (hereinafter referred to as the rules), According to the learned counsel the above decision relied only on R.13 of the Rules. Therefore, I am constrained to deal with the question whether it makes any difference if R.14 is also considered in order to decide this question. R.13 of the Rules reads as follows:

"13.