There is numberdoubt that having regard to the length of service, the respondents were the senior most clerks and had therefore been promoted to the cadre of the Head Accountants.
The central companytroversy which was mooted in this case was as to whether or number the respondents who were 1st Division Clerks companyld be promoted as Head Accountants without passing the S.A.S. Examination as required by Rules framed by the Mysore Government and called The General Service Treasury Bench Recruitment Rules, 1961 which were amended with effect from the 1st June, 1961 by the Mysore General Service Treasury Bench Recruitment Special Rules, 1961.
Murtaza Fazal Ali, J. These appeals by Special Leave at the instance of the State of Karnataka are directed against the judgments of the High Court of Karnataka allowing the writ petitions filed by the respondents.
