GOVINDRAM PUROHIT Vs. JAGJEEWAN CHAND BHANDARI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS special appeal under Section 18 of the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance is directed against the judgment of learned single 'Judge, G.M. Lodha, J., dated September 29, 1982 passed in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 960/78.

(2.) IT may be pertinent to mention that Jagjeevan Chand Bhandari had filed a writ petition in this Court which, was heard and decided by G.M. Lodha, J. while sitting at Jaipur. In the said wirt petition following seven parties were impleaded as respondents: (1) The Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur (2) The Registrar, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur (3) Shri Govindram Purohit, Bench Reader, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur. (4) Om Prakash Boda, Bench Reader, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, Jaipur (5) Ghanshyamdas V.R., Bench Reader, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpar (6) Parasuram Dangi, Bench Reader, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, Jaipur (7) Ballabh Dass Purohit, Stamp Reporter, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, Jaipur. Ghanshyamdas V.R. filed D.B. Special Appeal No. 284/82 and the Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur and the Registrar, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur filed D.B. Special Appeal No. 283/82 against the judgment of learned single Judge. Both the above special appeals were heard by us at Jaipur and by our judgment, dt. 4 -4 -1983 special appeal No. 283/82 filed by Ghanshyam Das V.R. was allowed. His promotion and that of Parasram Dangi on the post of stamp reporter and other higher posts being made on account of members of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, was maintained. The judgment of the learned single Judge so far as quashing the appointments and promotions of these two persons is concerned, was set aside.

(3.) GOVINDRAM Purohit and Om Prakash Boda filed the present special appeal No. 676/82 at Jodhpur against the judment of G.M. Lodha, J. dated September 29, 1982. When this appeal came up for consideration before M.C. Jain and D.L. Mehta, JJ. on May 17, 1983, they considered it proper that this appeal should also be heard by the same Bench who had heard the appeals at Jaipur Bench. Shri K.D. Sharma, the Hon'ble Chief Justice (as he then was) ordered this appeal to be heard by us. In view of these circumstances we heard this appeal at Jodhpur.