JITENDRA KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) LEAVE granted in all the SLPs.

(2.) THESE appeals arise out of a common judgment and order dated 12. 10. 2006 passed by a Division Bench of the Punjab and haryana High Court whereby and whereun -der the writ petitions filed by the appellants praying inter alia for issuance of a writ of or in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to issue letters of appointments to them on the premise that they had duly been selected in Harayana Civil Service (HCS) (Executive Branch) and/ or allied Service pursuant to or in furtherance of the result declared by the Haryana Public Service Commission (for short "the Commission") as also for quashing of notification dated 13. 05. 2005 whereby and whereunder the cadre strength of HCS (Executive Branch) has been reduced from 300 to 230, were dismissed.

(3.) ON or about 27. 09. 2004, the respondent State of Haryana sent requisition to the Commission for filling up of 19 vacancies in HCS (Executive Branch)by promotion of the in -service candidates in accordance with the 1930 Rules. Out of the said vacancies, 8 were to be filled up from amongst the category of the District Revenue Officer/ tehsildars/ Naib Tehsildar (Register A -I), 6 vacancies from members of Class III Services (Register A -II) and 5 vacancies from the category of Block Development and Panchayat officer (Register C ).