K.A. Abdul Gafoor, J.

Ext. P1 is a notification issued by the Public Service Commission on 14.6.1988 inviting application to the post of Field Worker in Health Department in the districts of Trivandrum, Alleppey, Ernakulam and Kannur. A written test was held on 29.4.1994 and a ranked list of candidates advised for appointment was published on 21.12.1995, after more than 6 years. The petitioner submits that appointment from the said list shall not exceed the vacancies notified in Ext. P1. In other words, the petitioner submits that, when a notification is issued by a recruiting agency specifying number of posts no candidates in excess of the vacancies so notified shall be appointed from the list prepared pursuant to that notification. The petitioner belongs to Alleppey District. Therefore, the petitioner prays that the list prepared by the Public Service Commission pursuant to Ext. P1 shall not be operated for appointment of candidates in excess of 22 vacancies notified in Ext. P1. Consequently, he seeks for a direction commanding the respondents not to appoint any candidate from that list in excess of such 22' vacancies.

2. Thus, the issue in this Original Petition is whe