ORDER

Leave granted. We have heard counsel on both sides.

2. The controversy raised in this case is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court reported in J&K Public Service Commission v. Dr. Narinder Mohan1. It is not in dispute that the appellants were recruited on ad hoc basis and have been continuing as such. It is their contention that since they had put in more than 13 years of service they are entitled to regularisation of service and approached the High Court for direction to regularise their services. The High Court has followed the ratio in the above judgment and dismissed the petition. In the light of the judgment of this Court the settled legal position now is that the recruitment to the service should be governed by the appropriate statutory rules. Under the rules the regular recruitment to the posts shall be made by the Public Service Commission. Consequentially, the ad hoc appointments would be only temporary appointments de hors the rules, pending regular recruitment without conferring any right to regularisation of service. This Court in Narinder Mohan s case (supra) had given the following directions :

"Accordingly, we set aside the directions issued by the Divis