JUDGMENT

[WA No.2096/2023, WP(C) No.30206/2024]

Dated this the 21^st day of November, 2025 Syam Kumar V.M., J.

This Writ Appeal has been filed challenging the judgment dated 22.11.2023 of the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No.11474 of 2023. Appellants were petitioners 2 and 3 in the said W.P.(C). The connected W.P.(C) No.30206 of 2024 raises similar questions for consideration as in the Writ Appeal. They are hence heard and disposed of vide this common judgment. For ease of referring to facts and exhibits, Writ Appeal No.2096 of 2023 is taken as the lead case.

2. Appellants are persons included in the ranked list for the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) in Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd. (KSEB). They had filed the Writ Petition highlighting their grievance that despite the availability of substantial vacancies in the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) in the KSEB, the same were not being reported to the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) on the purported premise that restructuring measures are underway in the KSEB, and hence it was not possible to report more vacancies immediately. The appellants alleged that non reporting of all substantive vacancies to the post of Assistan