JUDGMENT :

T.R. RAVI, J.

The 3rd and 8th petitioners in OA(Ekm)No.679 of 2017 have filed this original petition being aggrieved by the order dated 14.2.2019 passed by the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal for short), Ernakulam Bench in R.A.(EKM)No.15 of 2018 in O.A.(EKM) 679 of 2017. The petitioners along with respondents 9 to 16 in the Review Application, had filed the original application praying for directions to make appointments to the post of Lower Primary School Assistant in Ernakulam district. The petitioners had in response to the notification published on 30.12.2008 by the Public Service Commission (PSC for short), applied for the post and had participated in the written examination conducted on 12.09.2009. After completing the selection process, the PSC published the rank list on 20.04.2012. The said rank list expired on 19.10.2016. Annexure A1 in the original application is the rank list. The case of the applicants was that staff fixation was not being done for quite some time in the schools, resulting in several vacancies remaining unfilled. In the circumstances, the original application was filed seeking the following reliefs;

“(i) Call for the records leading to