Judgment

Rajendra Babu, J.-Haryana Public Service Commission, respondent No. 2 herein, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commission’) advertised for recruitment to the Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch) and other allied services which included 12 posts of Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch) 7, in general category and 5 in reserved category. The appellants submitted their applications. Appellant No. 1 was, in fact, holding the post of Excise and Taxation Officer. All the appel­lants gave their preference to the Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch), while appellant No. 1 gave preference only for such service. The Commission held the written examination for the 1991 and inter­viewed the candidates who had passed the written examination in May, 1992 and a final result was published on June 19, 1992. The appellants did not rank sufficiently high, but appellants Nos. 2 and 3 were offered appointments as Excise and Taxation Officer and Tehsildar respectively. They joined duty also. Thereafter, the first appellant filed a writ petition being Civil Writ Petition No. 6057 of 1994 which was summarily dismissed by a Division Bench of the High Court on May 12, 1994. The matter wa