Judgement

BHARGAVA, J. : S. K. Ghosh and A. M.. Narula, the two petitioners in this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, appeared for the examination held in October, 1945 for recruitment to the Indian Audit and Accounts Service and other Allied Central Services. On the basis of the result of the examination both of them were selected for appointment to the Postal Superintendents Service Class II. Petitioner No. 1, S. K. Ghosh, joined a post in that Service on probation with effect from 9th April, 1947, while petitioner No 2, A. M. Narula joined as a probationer on 11th February. 1947. At that time there was no Class I Service in the Postal Department. In Class II Service, to which these two petitioners were appointed. recruitment was made by a competitive examination to the extent of 50 per cent. while the remaining 50 per cent posts were filled by promotion from lower cadres of the Department.

2. On 24th May 1948, the Government sanctioned the creation of Indian Postal Service Class I with four grades follows:-

(i) Directors of Postal Services, Grade

(ii) Directors of Postal Services , Grade II;

(iii) Senior Time Scale, and

(iv) Junior Time Scale.

This decision of the Governm