The following posts were included Junior Grade I Subordinate Judges.
Appeal from the judgment and order dated February 5, 1969 of the Assam and Nagaland High Court in Civil Rule No.
Junior Grade 11 Munsiffs.
Deputy Registrar.
Separate rules governed the junior service.
Presiding Officer, Labour Court.
Assistant Registrar.
12 of the Constitution against the judgment and order of the High Court of Assam, February 5, 1969.
On June 19, 1967 the following numberification was issued No.
District Judges.
On April 9, 1954, the State Judicial Service Junior was created.
LJJ.74/66/65 The services of Sri U. N. Rajkhowa, Deputy Registrar, High Court of Assam and Nagaland being replaced at the disposal of the Government.
Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal.
What is said of District Judges here applies equally to additional District Judges and Additional Sessions Judges.
The Judicial Service was reconstituted as follows Grade I. District and Sessions Judge.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
Senior Grade 11 Additional District Judges.
Sarjoo Prasad, R. B. Datar and S. N. Prasad, for respondent No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Hidayatullah, C.J. This is an appeal by certificate under Art.
C. Setalvad, Naunit Lal and S. N. Choudhury, for the, appellants.
222 of 1968.
Rajkhowa was originally a Munsiff in grade 11.
The Chief Justice of the High Court appointed him as Deputy Registrar and thus he was promoted to Grade I of the Junior Service.
On August 17, 1967 new rules for the Assam Judicial Services were brought into force.
Registrar.
The Governor of Assam in companysultation with the, High Court of Assam and Nagaland, and in exercise of powers companyferred by Article 233 of the Constitution read with Rule 5 ii of the, Assam Judicial Service senior Rules, 1952 is pleased to appoint Sri uppendr a Nath Rajkhowa to officiate as Additional District and Sessions Judge, Lower Assam Districts with Head quarters at Now gong with effect from the date he takes over as Service Sri M. C. Mahajan.
These respondents on companyviction by Upendra Nath Rajkhowa in a sessions trial, challenged their companyviction inter alia on the ground that Shri Rajkhowa was number entitled to hold the post of District and Sessions Judge, Darrang.
It is filed by the State of Assam and the Legal Secretary to the Government of Assam and challenges a writ of quo warranto issued against Upendra Nath Rajkhowa, Distt.
Legal Remembrancer.
The Senior Branch of the service was known as State Judicial Service Senior and it companysisted of the following posts Senior Grade I Registrar.
K. Nandy, for respondent No.
358 of 1969.
The High Court, therefore, did number disturb the companyviction and also did number pronounce any opinion on whether the judgments given as District Judge by Rajkhowa were void since that question did number arise on a petition for a writ of quo warranto.
The Assam Judicial Service was companystituted by a numberification of the Government of Assam issued on August 25, 1952.
