O.CHINNAPPA REDDY,J.

(1) SPECIAL leave granted.

(2) THE appellant is a physically handicapped person. He has an orthopaedic problem. He suffers from a permanent impediment of the left leg, the result of an old cornpoind fracture. His impediment did not prevent him from good academic performance. He went further. He appeared at the combined State Services Examination held in February 1982 by the Uttar Pradesh public service commission. According to the advertisement issued by Commission, one post in the Provincial Civil Service (Executive Branch) was reserved for handicapped persons. However, the appellant was offered the post of Manager, Marketing and Economic Survey instead of a post in the Provincial Civil Service (Executive Branch). He was not offered a post in the Provincial Civil Service (Executive Branch) on the ground that the reservation of 2 per cent in the Uttar Pradesh Civil Services for physically handicapped persons had been revoked by the State government by their letter dated 1/03/1979 in regard to the Provincial Civil Sendee (Executive Branch). Thereupon the appellant filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution in the All