1. The appellants before us in both these cases are the petitioners in the Original Petitions. Both of them were Advocates practising in the Quilon Bar. While so, they responded to a notification by the Kerala Public Service Commission inviting applications for appointment as Assistant Personnel Officers in the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Ltd. The candidates were to possess a degree in Arts, Science or Commerce or a Diploma in Social Science or the degree of M.S.W or a degree in law. Besides this they were to have practical experience of not less than two years after obtaining the academic qualification, in State Government or Central Government or any company registered under the Indian Companies Act. The petitioners in both these cases produced certificates showing experience for two years in two companies and evidently on the basis of these certificates also they were selected and advised for appointments.

Both of them were in due course appointed as Assistant Personnel Officers in the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Ltd. More than one year later the Kerala Public Service Commission seems to have thought of looking into the matter over agai