JUDGMENT

BHAGWATI, J. :— The appellant was appointed as a Statistical Officer on 20th Feb. 1961 and he was confirmed in that position on 15th Oct. 1966. It appears that sometime thereafter on 22nd Feb. 1967 he was appointed to the post of Chief Inspector of Shops and he worked in that capacity until 1st Jan. 1968 when he was appointed Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer by the Government of Haryana. It is clear from the record that the appellant was transferred from the post the Chief Inspector of Shops to the post of Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer since the Government had taken a decision that the posts of Statistical Officer and labour-cum-Conciliation Officer should be treated as inter-changeable, but unfortunately for the appellant, the Punjab Labour Service (Class I & II) Rules 1955 which were statutory rules made in exercise of the power conferred under the proviso to Art. 309 of the Constitution, were not amended in conformity with this decision. The appellant continued in the post of Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer up to 28th April, 1977 when an order was passed by the Government reverting him to the post of Statistical Officer. The ground on which the order of reversion appea