SURENDRA KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE two appeals raise a similar question and therefore, are being decided together:

(2.) IN appeal No. 596/97, there are nine appellants, but appellant in Government service and the result of the appeal is not going to affect them. The surviving appellant No. 2 Jagdish Prasad, appellant No. 5 Hemant and appellant No. 6 Subhash Chandra will only be affected by the result of the appeal and therefore, for all practical purposes, they are the only contesting appellants. Likewise, in Appeal No. 828/97, out of the seven appellants, Appellant Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 have been absorbed in the government service and appellant No. 1 Puran and appellant No. 2 Om Prakash Dhaka are the only contesting appellants who will be affected by the result of the appeal.

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the respondents supported the impugned order.