371 of 1965 Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated December 8, 1961 of the Punjab High Court Circuit Bench at Delhi in Civil Writ No, 507 D of 1961.
R. L. Iyengar, B. Dutta, O. C. Mathur and Ravinder Narain, for the appellant.
S. Bindra, R. Ganapathy Iyer and R. S. Sachthey, for the respondent.
14 of the Constitution.
The relevant facts for the determination of the validity of the impugned order are as follows The appellant was appointed to the U.P. Police Service as a result of a companypetitive examination held in 1938.
In companyrse of time he was appointed officiating Superintendent of Police with effect from June 25, 1947.
The same decision will also apply in the case of State Police Officers promoted to the Indian Police Service after the 19th May, 1951.
Basudev Prasad, K. Rajendra Chaudhuri and K.R. Chaudhuri, for the intervener.
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By the time he was appointed to the Indian Police Service various Rules and Regulations governing the Indian Police Service had been issued by the Central Government in exercise of the powers companyferred by sub s. 1 of s. 3 of the All India Services Act LXI of 1951 .
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Sikri, J. This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the Circuit Bench of the Punjab High Court at Delhi, dismissing in limine the petition under art.
The appellant had impugned in this petition an order dated August 25, 1955, passed by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs hereinafter referred to as the impugned order as being companytrary to law and art.
He companytinued to officiate till he was appointed to the Indian Police Service against the promotion quota of the Indian Police Service Cadre of Uttar Pradesh with effect from October 22, 1955.
226 of the Constitution filed by the appellant, D. R. Nim.
