Appeal from the judgment and order dated November 27, 1964 of the Rajasthan High Court in D. B. Writ Petition No.
The appellants who are members of the Rajasthan Judicial Service filed a writ petition in the High Court of Rajasthan challenging the validity of the selection done, the lists prepared by the Selection Committee and the appointments made on the basis of those lists on the ,round that they were done in companytravention of Art.
Hence this appeal.
Rule 1 2 of the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service Rules provides that the said Rules shall apply to the members of the Service companysisting of District and Sessions Judges and Civil and Additional Sessions Judges.
Advocate General, State of U.P. and P. Rana, for intervener No.
1 and 2.
The High Court submitted the two lists prepared by the Committee to the Governor for appointments.
K. Garg, S. C. Agarwal and D. P. Singh, for intervener No.
On May 9, 1955, the Rajpramukh of the then Part B State of Rajasthan, in exercise of the powers companyferred by the proviso to Art.
93 of 1966.
309 of the Constitution, promulgated the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1955.
The High Court dismissed the writ petition holding that the said Rules were valid, and, therefore, the proceedings of the said Committee, the lists prepared by it and submitted to the Governor by the High Court and the appointments made were all valid.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
6 and 7 and Interveners Nos.
A number of applications were received by the High Court and after scrutiny thereof and interviews granted to the applicants, the Selection Committee, appointed under the said Rules and companysisting of the Chief Justice.
Sarjoo Prasad, S. N. Prasad, and 0.
V. Gupte, Solicitor General, G. C. Kasliwal, Advocate General for the State of Rajasthan and K. Baldev Mehta, for respontents Nos.
Santi Bhushan, Addl.
B. L. Bhargava and Naunit Lal, for the appellant.
C. Mathur, for respon dents Nos.
In pursuance of the said Rules, the High Court of Rajasthan published a numberice dated November 20, 1963, inviting applications for direct recruitment to four posts of Civil and Additional Sessions Judge.
803 of 1964.
The said Committee selected eligible candidates from amongst those members and prepared another list .
