JUDGMENT

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by

RAJENDRA BABU, J. - The Haryana Public Service Commission, Respondent 2 herein, (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") advertised for recruitment to the Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch) and other allied services which included 12 posts of the Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch), 7 in general category and 5 in reserved category. The appellants submitted their applications. Appellant I was, in fact, holding the post of Excise and Taxation Officer. All the appellants gave their preference to the Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch), while Appellant I gave preference only for such service. The Commission held the written examination for the 1991 batch and interviewed the candidates who had passed the written examination in May 1992 and the final result was published on 19-6-1992. The appellants did not rank sufficiently high, but Appellants 2 and 3 were offered appointments as Excise and Taxation Officer and Tehsildar respectively. They joined duty also. Thereafter, the first appellant filed a writ petition being Civil Writ Petition No. 6057 of 1994 which was summarily dismissed by a Division Bench of the High