Judgment

A.M.AHMAD, J.

(1) RESPONDENT 5, Durga Shanker Amist, filed a writ petition in the High court of Himachal Pradesh challenging his exclusion from the Select List for INDIAN POLICE SERVICE officers and the inclusion of the present appellant S.B. Dogra in the said list. His case was that he joined service as Deputy Superintendent of Police against a regular and permanent vacancy on 22/11/1967 in the erstwhile Joint Union Territories Cadre (Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service in short DHANI Police Service) on his clearing the All-India competitive examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in 1965. He was allocated to the State of Himachal Pradesh on 25/01/1971 after the formation of that State. He was confirmed in service on 24/09/1971 and was placed in the selection grade w.e.f. 4/05/1973 on which grade he was confirmed w.e.f. 24/06/1974. He was sent on deputation as Deputy central Intelligence Officer of the Intelligence Bureau, government of India, in April 1978 and was later transferred to Delhi where he served till September 1981. He returned to his parent cadre in September 1981 but soon thereafter