Judgment

BHARGAVA, J. : The appellant, K. Gopaul, was appointed to the Madras Registration Service as a direct recruit and commenced his service on posting as a District Registrar in January 1939. Under the latest Rules governing the Madras Registration Service, the Service, consists of two Classes. Class I has only one post in it, viz., Inspector-General of Registration. In Class II, there are two categories, category 1 consists of posts of Inspectors of Registration Offices, and category 2 of posts of District Registrars. Under these Rules, the appellant was promoted as Inspector-General of Registration (hereinafter referred to as "I. G. R.") in the post in Class I on 8th June 1956, and was confirmed in that post by the Government Order, dated 9th November 1957, with effect from 9th June 1956. While he was still holding this post, the post of I. G. R. was included in the cadre of the Indian Administrative Service with effect from 11th November 1963. On 25th January 1964, a Government Order was issued posting one O. H. Dias of the Indian Administrative Service, who was holding a post of Deputy Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, as I. G. R., Madras, vice the appellant. Tha