355 of 1961.
1 has misconstrued the requirement prescribed by para.
To this petition, the petitioner has joined respondent No.
Thereafter, he took his L.L.B. Degree from the Nagpur University in 1952 and in 1954 he got himself enrolled as an Advocate if the Mysore High Court.
According to respondent No.
The petitioner J. Pandurangarao belongs to a family which has been settled in the district of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh for several generations past.
1, however rejected his application on the 25th September, 1961 on the ground that he did number fulfil the companydition set out in paragraph 4 A 1 of the Commissions numberification published on the 17th December, 1960, by which applications had been invited.
Respondent No.
The facts on which the two petitioners have based their challenge are substantially similar and so, it would be sufficient for the purpose of deciding the point raised by them if we state the facts only in one of them.
1, the petitioner satisfied the second companydition but did number satisfy the first since he had number been practising as an Advocate of the Andhra High Court.
In January, 1961, the respondent No.
Our companyclusion on the merits of the point raised by this petition will govern the decision of the other petition No.
The petitioner himself was born, brought up and educated in the said district.
1 of 1962.
The said paragraph reads as follows That at the time when the petitioner applies 1 he is practising as an Advocate of the High Court 2 he has been actually practising in Courts of Civil or Criminal jurisdiction in India for a period number less than three years.
2, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Chief Secretary.
In his present petition, the petitioner alleges that respondent No.
1 and respondent No.
1, the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, invited applications for selection for the posts of District Munsifs in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Having thus been enrolled as an Advocate of the Mysore High Court, he set up his practice in the Court in Tenali in Guntur district and has been practising there ever since.
As the petitioner was qualified for this post, he sent in his application on the 27th January, 1961.
Gajendragadkar, J. These two petitions have been filed by Ilindra Bhaskaracharyulu Gupta and J. Pandurangarao respectively under Article 32 of the Constitution and, in substance, they challenge the validity of one of the rules framed by the Governor of Andhra in exercise of the powers companyferred on him by Article 234 and the proviso to Article 309 in respect of the Andhra Judicial Service.
He passed his B.A. examination from the Andhra Christian College at Guntur 1950.
