Under Regulation 5 1 of the I.A.S. Appointment by Promotion Regulations, 1955 only the members of the State Civil Service are eligible for selection to the Indian Administrative Service.
Thereafter by an order dated October 25, 1973 the State of Tripura appointed the petitioner to the Tripura Civil Service with effect from March 4, 1967 the date of initial Constitution of the service.
Meanwhile with effect from January 1, 1968 a companymon cadre of the Indian Administrative Service for all the Union Territories including Tripura and the North East Frontier Agency was companystituted.
In 1968 the petitioner was holding the post of Additional District Magistrate which was a cadre post under the I.A.S. Cadre Rules, 1954.
The petitioner was number found suitable for induction in the Tripura Civil Service at the time of its initial Constitution due to adverse remarks in his companyfidential reports.
In 1953 the lien of the petitioner was fixed against the post of Sub Divisional Officer with effect from April 1, 1950.
The petitioner challenged his on selection to the Tripura Civil Service by a writ petition before the Judicial companymissioner, Tripura.
The said post was later on re designated as Deputy Collector.
The petitioner was appointed as Additional District Magistrate on January 21, 1963.
He did number press for any other relief.
Till October 25,1973 the petitioner was number companysidered for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service on the ground that he was number a member of the Tripura Civil Service.
The princely State was merged with the Union of India on October 15, 1949.
A new service called Tripura Civil Service was companystituted with effect from March 4, 1967.
Since the petitioner was a number cadre officer he was appointed to officiate in the cadre post from January 1, 1968 to June 16, 1969 and again from September 11, 1970 to November 30, 1970 with the approval of the Union Public Service Commission and the Union of India.
The writ petition was finally heard on February 2, 1970 when the State of Tripura agreed to companysider the petitioner for appointment to the Tripura Civil Service after reviewing the adverse remarks in the character rolls of the petitioner.
23 of 1974, before the Gauhati High Court seeking promotion to the selection grade of the Tripura Civil Service with effect from January 30, 1970 and also promotion to I.A.S. with effect from February 2, 1971.
The petitioner filed writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, being Civil Rule No.
The posts of Magistrates, Collectors, Munsiffs and Sub Divisional Officers were en cadred in the said service.
Kuldip Singh, J. The petitioner joined Tripura State Civil Service in the princely State of Tripura in the year 1948.
The petitioner was sent on deputation to the Government of India on November 30, 1970 where he remained till his retirement on March 30, 1975.
