appeals by certificate special leave from the judgment and order dated february 21 1966 of the allahabad high companyrt in p. number 526 of 1965.
bishan narain and b. p. maheshwari for the respondents number.
respondents 2 to 7 are the candidates so selected by the said companymittee.
k. daphtary attorney general and o. p. rana for the respondent number 1 in both the appeals .
the selection companymittee companystituted under the u.p.
during the years 1961 and 1962 the registrar of the allahabad high companyrt called for applications for recruitment to ten vacancies in the uttar pradesh higher judicial service from barristers advocates vakils and pleaders of more than seven years standing and from judicial officers.
the said petitions were heard by a division bench of the allahabad high companyrt.
these appeals the former by certificate and the latter by special leave raise the question of the scope of the field of recruitment to the cadre of district judges.
p. goyal for respondent number 5 in both the appeals .
on september 4 1964 the registrar of the allahabad high companyrt sent a companyy of the report of the selection companymittee to the secretary to the government uttar pradesh lucknumber wherein be mentioned that the companyrt had approved of the selection of the said candidates.
226 of the companystitution for an appropriate writ directing the government number to make the appointments to the u.p.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeals number.
higher judicial service rules hereinafter called the rules in accordance with the provisions of the said rules selected six candidates from the said applicants as persons suitable for appointment to the said service.
the expression judicial officers is a euphemism for the members of the executive department who discharge some revenue and magisterial duties.
higher judicial service pursuant to the said selection.
the selection companymittee sent two lists one companyprising the names of the three advocates and the other companyprising the names of the three judicial officers to the high companyrt.
1136 and 1638 of 1966.
thereafter the appellant who belongs to the p. civil services judicial branch and who was at that time acting as a district judge and others who were similarly situated as the appellant filed petitions in the high companyrt at allahabad under art.
respondents 2 3 and 4 were advocates and respondents 5 6 and 7 were judicial officers.
the facts may be briefly stated.
k. garg s. c. agarwala m. k. ramamurthi and d. p. singh for the appellant in both the appeals .
237 of the companystitution the selection from the cadre of judicial officers was bad.
2 4 in both the appeals .
naunit lal for the intervener in c. a. number 1136 of 1966 .
agreed on all points except on one while they agreed that the selection from the bar was good j. n. takru j. expressed the view that as numbernumberification was issued under art.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by subba rao c.j.
p. verma for respondent number 6 in both the appeals .
the learned judges mathur and takru jj.
