JUDGMENT

1.W.P.(C).No.9934 of 2022 is filed seeking directions to the respondents to appoint the petitioners as Mid Level Service Providers (Staff Nurses) (hereinafter referred to as “MLSP” for short) based on their ranks in Exts.P2 and P3 against the existing vacancies and those likely to arise before the expiry of Exts P2 and P3 within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. As also seeking directions to the respondents not to fill up the 124 vacancies each in Kottayam and Ernakulam Districts otherwise than by appointing candidates included in Exts. P2 and P3.

2.The prayer in W.P.(C).No. 14560/2022 is for a direction to respondents 2 to 13 to fill up all existing vacancies from the present ranked list in their respective districts. The petitioners therein are persons included in the ranked lists for the districts of Thrissur Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kannur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha respectively. The parties and documents are being referred to as in W.P.(C).No.14560 of

2022, unless otherwise stated.

3.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents.

4.The petitioners in these wri