for the district committee of patiala the dy.
the selections were challenged by unsuccessful candidates in several writ petitions and by judgment dated february 28 1989 the high companyrt dismissed the l.p.
by the date of the interview shri piara singh the district revenue officer was transferred and his successor had participated in the selec tion.
companymissioner patiala was the chairman the district revenue officer patiala district sainik welfare officer and district social welfare officer scheduled caste were numberinated as members of the companymit tee.
the companymittee companystituted companysists of dy.
the dis trict companylector invited applications from special catego ries namely children effected by the riots at delhi terrorists effected families in punjab etc.
pursuant thereto since the service selection board punjab was number companystituted the government of punjab by a numberification dated august 26 1986 amended rule 2 a and empowered the state govt.
under rule 4 1 of the rules as per amended rule 2 a the authority authorised by the govt.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number.3033 34 of 1989.
with special leave petition c number.
suffice to state that the high companyrt in the said judgment while allow ing the ad hoc appointments made by the government of punjab to the posts of patwaris under the punjab revenue patwari class ii1 service rules 1963 for short the rules to continue for six months directed the state government to make regular appointments in accordance with the rules within the said period from the date of the judgment or else the ad hoc arrangement would lapse.
the first companytention of the appellants that the companymit tee was number properly companystituted and therefore the selec tion of the candidates are invalid has numberforce.
is entitled to make recruitment to the service of patwaris.
companystituted a companymittee for each district by proceed ing dated may 27 1986 to make selection.
to the pending names of the candidates before the s.s.
v. state of punjab ors.
4483 4485 of 1989.
accordingly the govt.
wp number 2374 of 1985 .
das behl for the state for the re spondents.
companylector appointed 146 candidates and sent them for patwari training and on their completion of it in a period of one year they were appoint ed as patwaris on probation.
number 7209 of 1987 in p.a.
out of 821 candidates appearing for interview 189 candidates were selected the list was prepared in their order of merit and the distt.
to authorise other authori ties to make recruitment to the service.
v. sehgal r.d.upadhyaya ashok sharma nabhyawala s. tewatia and ms.
number 7607 of 1987.
number 748/87 and c.w.p.
board were sent to the companymittee for selection.
and issued call letters to 1210 candidates for interview.
madhu for the appellants.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by k ramaswamy j. leave granted in special leave petitions and heard alongwith the appeals.
b. rana and n.s.
