STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. GHANSHYAM KHATIK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Rajasthan State Public Service Commission and the State of Rajasthan have challenged the judgment dated 10/05/2018 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court disposing of writ petitions filed by practicing advocates who sought a direction that the reserve list for appointment to posts of Assistant Prosecution Officer pursuant to advertisement dated 15/05/2015 be given effect to and all notified vacancies should be filled up.

(2.) It was not disputed during arguments in the appeals that 294 posts of Assistant Prosecution Officer with break up of the posts as indicated in the advertisement was intended to be filled up because 294 vacancies were determined.

(3.) Way back in the year 2004 a Division Bench of this Court took note of large pendency of criminal cases before the trial courts and one of the principal reason which emerged was the lack of adequate infrastructure for Assistant Prosecution Officer as also not filling up the sanctioned post. DBCWP No.4998/2004 lingered on for 11 years when on March 27, 2015 following directions were issued:-