Judgment

VENKATARAMIAH, J.:- In the above cases the short question which arises for consideration is whether the appointment of the General Manager of Haryana Roadways as an officer who can exercise the powers exercisable by a Deputy Superintendent of Police under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) by the Government of Haryana under the Notification dated March 16, 1973 issued under Section 133-A of the Act is valid or not.

2. The appellant in the above appeal by special leave questioned the validity of the appointment of the General Manager of Haryana Roadways under the Notification, referred to above, as an officer entitled to exercise the powers of a Deputy Superintendent of Police under the Act in Writ Petition No. 1770 of 1978 on the file of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The Writ Petition was dismissed by the High Court in limine. Aggrieved by the decision of the High Court the appellant has preferred the above, appeal. The petitioners in the above mentioned Writ Petitions have questioned the validity of the above-said Notification under Article 32 of the Constitution. Since the point involved in the Civil Appeal and in the Writ Petitions i