Judgment

SHAH, J. :

The appellants in the two groups of appeals 534 are the State of Mysore and the Mysore Public Service Commission. In the first group of appeals (C.As. Nos. 960 to 968 of 1963) the appellants challenge the order of the High Court of Mysore dated September 4, 1961, quashing a notification dated May 22, 1961, issued by the Public Service Commission announcing the list of candidates declared successful at the competitive examination held in 1961 for recruitment to the cadre of Munsiffs in the Judicial Service of the State. Appeals in the second group (C.As. Nos. to 538 of 1963) are preferred against the order of the High Court dated December 19, 1962 quashing the list of successful candidates at the examination held for recruitment to the cadre of Munsiffs in the State of Mysore published on July 12, 1962 by the Public Service Commission.

2. By Writ Petitions Nos. 61, 62 and 152 of 1963 certain persons who were candidates for promotion to the cadre of Munsiffs prayed for orders quashing the list of successful candidates declared under Rule 9(2) of the Mysore State (Recruitment) Rules, 1958, and for direction appointing the applicants as Munsiffs.

3. Recruitment to the c