Judgment

D.P. Wadhwa, J.-Leave granted.

2. Delay condoned in SLP (C) No. 1830 of 1999.

3. High Court of Punjab and Haryana is aggireved by the Judgment dated May 22, 1998 of a Division Bench of its own High Court on judicial side setting aside the order of the State of Haryana, Respondent No. 2, pre-maturely retiring the first respondent Ishwar Chand Jain (hereinafter referred to as ‘Jain’), a member of the superior judicial service of the State of Haryana on the recommendation of the High Court.

4. Jain, a practising advocate of 14 years standing, joined the supe­rior judicial service of the State of Haryana after his selection by the High Court. He joined service on May 2, 1983 and under Rule 10 of the relevant Rules put on probation for a period of two years. He was posted at Hissar as Additional District and Sessions Judge. In the year 1983-84 inspection of his court was made by the inspecting judge of the High Court, who graded his word as “B-satisfactory”. Full Court of the High Court reduced this grading to “B-average/satisfactory”. For the subsequent year 1984=85 Jain was posted at Namaul. The in­specting judge graded him “B+(Good)”. Full Court of the High Court, however, grade