JUDGMENT

The petitioners who are included in the rank list published by the Public Service Commission for the post of H.S.A. (Hindi) in Kannur District, have approached this court seeking for a direction to the third respondent to report all substantive vacancies of H.S.A. (Hindi) in Kannur District to the P.S.C. hands.

2. After hearing parties, by an interim order dated 5.7.2007 this court directed the third respondent to report six more vacancies to the Commission on or before July 7, 2007 provisionally. It was ordered further that the Commission need not issue advice for appointment in respect of those vacancies without obtaining orders from this court.

3. The rank list has expired on July 8, 2007. The respondents have filed a counter affidavit and another memo on 30.11.2007. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have produced various documents in the writ petition to show that there are substantive vacancies and therefore they have to be advised in the vacancies which were reported prior to the expiry of the rank list. Alternatively, it is submitted that even wpc 19976/2009 2 though there are other streams for appointment, since due to dearth of candid