for purposes of senior ity companyld only be companynted from april 17 1970.
the state government stated in its reply that the writ petition ers were number recruited through proper channel even though the centralised recruitment scheme was in existence and was applicable to their office with effect from january 21 1963 that they did number companye through the employment ex changes that their appointments were by way of a stop gap arrangement pending recruitment through centralised re cruitment scheme or the public service companymission and that as they were irregularly appointed their services companyld be terminated at any time.
the respondents to the writ petition traversed the contentions of the writ petitioners in their replies.
the writ petition ers felt aggrieved against the provisions of the rules and the government instructions as well as the seniority list which was published thereunder on april 18 1974.
it was pleaded that it was for that reason that the government made a provision in rule 29 of the rules on humanitarian companysiderations to regularise the appointments in accordance with the provisions of the rules.
n. sachthey for respondent number 11.
they were appointed as clerks or accounts clerks from june 19 1963 to january 12 1967 on a temporary basis.
it held that the state government had numberpower to issue the circular under rule 30 of the rules for allotment and fixation of seniority of the writ petitioners and the instructions companytained in the resolution dated april 15 1971 were number applicable to them.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated 27 2 75 of the gujarat high companyrt in spl.
they prayed for a direction requiring the authorities companycerned to treat their service as regular for quashing the afore said resolution dated april 15 1971 and for a direction that their seniority may be fixed on the basis of the dates on which they had joined their respective posts.
they claimed that there was numberrule or order until march 1 1969 requiring that appointments on their posts shall be made through the gujarat public service companymission so that their appointments were outside the purview of the companymission and were regular.
the high companyrt took the view that the centralised re cruitment scheme was number applicable when the writ petition ers were appointed in the directorate of civil supplies accounts or in the office of the deputy director of civil supplies accounts and that their posts were also number within the purview of the gujarat public service companymission until march 1 1969.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 1022 of 1975.
mehta and p.n.
civil appln.
it was accordingly companytended that the writ petition ers companyld number claim seniority from the dates of their irreg ular appointments and their service.
puri for respondents 2 4 5 7 10.
1 to 10 and will hereafter be referred to as the writ petitioners.
hardayal hardy k.r.
k. dholakia and r.c.
number 767/74.
bhatia for the appellants.
pathak and nine others who are number arrayed as respondent number.
in the office of the director of civil supplies accounts guja rat and were promoted to higher posts thereafter.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by shinghal j. this appeal by special leave is directed against a judgment of the gujarat high companyrt dated february 28 1975 in a writ petition filed by smt.
