JUDGMENT :

A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.

1. The 1st petitioner in W.P.(C).No.21522/2019 is the appellant before us, aggrieved by the judgment dated 8.12.2020 of the learned Single Judge dismissing his Writ Petition. The brief facts necessary for a disposal of this Writ Appeal are as follows:

2. The appellant was included in the rank list prepared by the Kerala Public Service Commission [hereinafter referred to as the “PSC”] for appointment to the post of University Assistant in the various Universities in Kerala. In the Writ Petition, it was his case that apart from the 211 posts of University Assistants that were sanctioned in the Cochin University of Science and Technology [hereinafter referred to as the “University”], there were 42 temporary posts of University Assistants created by the University at various points in time, pursuant to resolutions of the Syndicate of the University, for meeting the administrative requirements of the University. It was his contention that inasmuch as there was a valid rank list in force during the time when vacancies arose to the said temporary posts created by the University, the persons in the rank list had to be considered for appointment to the