Judgment

VENKATARAMIAH, J.:- In these petitions filed under Art. 32 of the Constitution the petitioners have challenged the validity of the proceedings relating to the competitive examination held by the High Court of Delhi for the purpose of recruiting candidates for filling the posts in the Delhi Judicial Service in the year 1984 and of the final list of selected candidates at that examination. The petitioner in Transfer Case No. 61 of 1985, which was also heard along with the above petitions, had filed earlier a writ petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution before the High Court of Delhi for the very same relief. That writ petition was withdrawn by an order made under Art. 139A of the Constitution for being disposed of along with the writ petitions filed in this Court.

2. The petitioners in the above petitions were applicants for the posts of Subordinate Judges in the Delhi Judicial Service. Recruitment to the Delhi Judicial Service is governed by the Delhi Judicial Service Rules, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) made by the Lt. Governor of Delhi in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Art. 309 of the Constitution read with Art. 234 of the Constitution.