JUDGMENT

S. C. AGRAWAL, J.:—These appeals, by special leave, have been filed against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dated October 31, 1991 in Civil Writ Petition No. 5123 of 1991 : (reported in (1992) 1 Serv LR 157) and other connected writ petitions, whereby the High Court has quashed the selection and the recommendation made by the Subordinate Services Selection Board, Haryana (hereinafter referred to as the Board) for appointment on the post of Inspector of Police and the orders for appointment of 18 of the persons selected on the said post.

2. The Board has been constituted under Art. 309 of the Constitution and is vested with the function of selecting and recommending candidates for appointment to Class III non-gazetted posts falling within the purview of the Board. The post of Inspector of Police is one of the posts falling within the purview of the Board. On October 23, 1987, the Director General of Police had sent a requisition to the Board for selecting suitable candidates for appointment on six posts of Inspectors of Police. In these six posts, one was reserved for Scheduled Castes, two for ex-Servicemen and three were in general category. After the r