The appointment to the post in category 2 shall be made by the Governor eitherby recruitment by transfer from the category of Subordinate Judges in Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service or by direct recruitment, provided that number more than ten posts shall be filled or reserved to be filled by direct recruitment.
On the appellants recruitment by the High Court and appointment by the Governor, they started discharging their duties as District and Sessions Judges from November 16, 1987 and they were put on probation with effect from that date.
They, therefore, filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking direction for declaration of the companypletion of their probation and companyfirmation to the substantive posts.
Though they have admittedly companypleted 14 months of probation as prescribed under the rule, their services were number companyfirmed.
356 of 1990, dated September 10, 1991.
The appellants are direct recruits to the substantive vacancies in the permanent cadre of District and Sessions Judge Grade 11 of Tamil Nadu State Higher Judicial Service.
So the High Court dismissed the writ petition.
Thus this appeal by special leave from the judgment in Writ Petition No.
Heard the learned companynsel on either side.
Leave granted.
