We see the angst of young, qualified men and women seeking and aspiring for employment to the various Public Sector Undertakings [PSUs for short] under the Government of Kerala in these set of cases. Their disquiet is exacerbated because the Rank list, in which they are included, is now set to expire in a few weeks, but their fate still remains entangled in litigation. They, therefore, pray that a path, guided more by practically than legalese, be now directed to be adopted, so that they can be freed from this predicament soon.

2. The persons involved, namely the writ petitioners in the various writ petitions and the respondents in W.A. No. 1569 of 2018, are all concededly included in a rank list prepared by the Public Service Commission [PSC for short], for being appointed as Junior Assistants/Assistant Grade II/Lower Division Clerk in the various PSUs, including Kerala State Road Transport Corporation [KSRTC], Kerala Live Stock Development Board [KLSDB], State Farming Corporation of Kerala [SFCK] etc. prepared pursuant to the notification published in the gazette dated 31.12.2011. These posts are shown as category No. 490/2011 in the said notification and they carry comm