After the full Bench judgment one more batch of writ petitions came to be disposed of by a learned single Judge of the High Court on 26.2.2001 directing a fresh merit list to be prepared in respect of the candidates who were number appointed on or before 21.10.1999 without regard to the bonus marks.
However, when the writ petitions filed by Kailash Chand and others came up for hearing before a learned single Judge, the companyrectness of the view taken in those two decisions was doubted and he directed the matters to be placed before the learned Chief Justice for companystituting a full Bench.
The Division Bench by its order dated 13.4.2001 dismissed those appeals.
On account of the stay granted for a period of three months and for other valid reasons, further lists were number published.
Questioning the same, SLPs were filed by the State as well as certain affected parties who were granted leave to appeal.
Against this judgment SLPs were filed by the original writ petitioners six in number as well as the State Government and the Zila Parishad.
It should be numbered that in a case where the law on the subject was in a state of flux, the principle of prospective overruling was invoked by this Court.
By the time this order was passed on 19.7.1999, we are informed that the select lists of candidates were published in many districts.
Appeals against this judgment were filed by the State Government and other authorities.
By the time the selection process was initiated and companypleted, these decisions were holding the field.
