ORDER

1. Delay condoned. Leave granted.

2. The State is caught by inaction between deep sea and the devil and it seeks the help of this Court for its retrieval to salvage from the predicament. From the record, it is seen that 2056 posts of Provincial Medical Service (PMS) cadre doctors were filled up from 1961-62 onwards by ad hoc appointments for a period of one year or till the regularly selected candidates from Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (PSC) are appointed, whichever is earlier. In 1971, the PSC, though made the selection and recommended the names of certain candidates for regular appointment, no appointments were made of those candidates. Similarly, the Government had sent requisition in their letter dated 23-12-1977 requesting further selection and the PSC recommended 1703 candidates for appointment. In the meanwhile, some of the ad hoc appointees approached the High Court and sought for, and the Court directed the regularisation of their services with effect from the dates of their initial appointment, against which orders the State filed appeals in this Court. This Court in SLP (C) No. 13480 of 1992 and batch held that since they had put in more than 20 years of