to this petition the petitioner has joined respondent number 1 and respondent number 2 the government of andhra pradesh represented by its chief secretary.
309 in respect of the andhra judicial service.
having thus been enrolled as an advocate of the mysore high court he set up his practice in the companyrt in tenali in guntur district and has been practising there ever since.
in january 1961 the respondent number 1 the andhra pradesh public service companymission invited applications for selection for the posts of district munsifs in the state of andhra pradesh.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by gajendragadkar j. these two petitions have been filed by itindra bhaskaracharyulu gupta and j. pandurangarao respectively under article 32 of the companystitution and in substance they challenge the validity of one of the rules framed by the governumber of andhra in exercise of the powers conferred on him by art.
our companyclusion on the merits of the point raised by this petition will govern the decision of the other petition number 1 of 1962.
355 of 1961 and 1 of 1962.
degree from the nagpur university in 1952 and in 1954 he got himself enrolled as an advocate of the mysore high companyrt.
the said paragraph reads as follows that at the time when the petitioner applies 1 he is practising as an advocate of the high companyrt 2 he has been actually practising in courts of civil or criminal jurisdiction in india for a period number less than three years.
thereafter he took his l.l.b.
respondent number 1 however rejected his applications 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.
number 1 1962 .
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.
the petitioner himself was born brought up and educated in the said district.
as the petitioner was qualified for this post he sent in his application on the 27th january 1961.
he passed his b. a. examination from the andhra christian college at guntur 1950.
original jurisdiction petitions number.
vedavalli and a. v. rangam for the petitioner in ptn.
petitions under art.
april ii.
k. daphtary solicitor general of india t. v. r. tatachari and p. d. menumber for the respondents.
we will accordingly state the facts in petition number 355 of 1961.
number 355/61 .
the petitioner j. pandurangarao belongs to a family which has been settled in the district of guntur in andhra pradesh for several generations past.
according to respondent number 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 companyrt.
