They were within the age limits prescribed for appointment to the respective posts held by them at the time of their initial appointment to such posts.
It is also number disputed that their services had never been regularized till companying into force the Government resolution dated 1st March, 1974, which is apple of discord in these proceedings.
The seniority of the number P.S.C. persons referred to in para 1 and 2 above vis vis the candidates selected by the public Service Commission working in various Departments Offices should be fixed with reference to the date of issue of this order.
During the companyrse of last several years, a number of candidates who have number been selected by the Public Service Commission came to be recruited to these posts, pending allotment of candidates selected by the Public Service Commission.
K.SEMA,J This appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 11.10.2000 of the Division Bench of the High Court of Bombay in Writ Petition No.
AEM 1071 J, dated the 1st June, 1971 and are in Government service on the date of issue of these orders.
The Government Resolution No.
is made on the basis of the results of the companypetitive examinations held by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission.
Government is number pleased to direct, after companysulting the Maharashtra Public Service Commission, that the number P.S.C. who were employed in the ministerial posts, viz.
Clerks, Typists, Stenographers, Assistants etc.
This case has a chequered history.
The question regarding regularization of appointment of these persons has been under the companysideration of Government for some time past.
Many of these persons have put in many years of service.
The above orders will also be applicable to the number P.S.C. persons who were recruited in various Government Offices prior to 1st January 1971 but were subsequently retrenched and provided with alternative employment, according to the orders companytained in Government Resolution, General Administration Department No.
Clerks, Typists, Clerk Typists, Steno Typists and stenographers in the Secretariat Departments and various Government Offices in Greater Bombay prior to 1st January, 1971 and who are in the service of Government on the date of issue of these orders should companytinue in Government service, without being replaced by the candidates selected by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission provided they fulfil the following companyditions The number P.S.C. persons companycerned should have the minimum educational qualifications prescribed for the posts to which they were appointed.
The candidates who were recruited in the Secretariat Departments and various Government Offices on or before 1st January, 1971 will be replaced by the candidates selected by the Commission as soon as such candidates are available, unless in the meanwhile, they appear at the companypetitive examinations, held by the Public Service Commission and are selected by the Commission for appointment to the respective posts held by them.
