Introduction:

In this writ petition, the survival of the rank list even after filling up of the notified vacancies is required to be examined, especially about the future vacancies.

Facts in Brief:

2. The petitioner, a prospective job seeker, responded to the notification issued by the third respondent Board for the appointment of Junior Clerk in the second respondent Bank. In fact, at the request of the second respondent, the third respondent Board on 21.11.2011 issued a recruitment notification for one post of Junior Clerk.

3. Consequent to the recruitment notification, the petitioner along with other candidates faced the written test and the subsequent interview and eventually secured the second position in the rank list published by the third respondent.

4. Soon after the publication of the rank list, the person who secured the first position was appointed in the solitary vacancy. Nevertheless, since the validity of the rank list is two years in terms of Rule 182 of the Kerala Cooperative Societies Rules ('the Rules' for brevity), there arose another vacancy during the currency of the rank list. With hopes revived, the petitioner submitted Exhibit P4 representation before t