he remained a judicial officer thereafter.
it was also asserted that the petitioner was entitled to the posts even without reference to such reservation.
the petitioner claims that he was entitled to promotion to a selection grade post in the punjab civil service judicial branch and subsequently to a post in the punjab superior judicial service.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by pathak j. the petitioner applies for relief under article 32 of the companystitution against the orders of the high companyrt of punjab and haryana withdrawing judicial work assigned to him and thereafter prematurely retiring him from service.
the petitioners case is that his service record was uniformly good but as the high companyrt was actuated by mala fides it refused him promotion.
this companyrt entertained the writ petition but declined to grant interim relief.
original jurisdiction writ petition number 4659 of 1979 under article 32 of the companystitution.
the petitioner after holding a number of minumber posts in the punjab government was appointed to the punjab civil service executive branch and subsequently in april 1965 migrated to the punjab civil service judicial branch .
the claim was based in both cases on the footing that a post had been reserved in the two services for a member of the scheduled castes.
har dev singh for the respondents.
he also claimed an injunction against his premature retirement from service.
s. mann for the petitioner.
