B. P. JEEVAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) BY G. O. Ms. No. 604, Revenue, dated 23-5-1977, sub-rule (7) was added in Rule 10 of the A. P. (Andhra Area) Village Offices Service Rules, 1969. It reads as follows:" (7) Out of every two vacancies of the posts of "class I Village officers" specified in rule 3 arising in a revenue division, the second vacancy shall be filled up from among the qualified candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward Classes. "

( 2 ) THE expressions village Office and village Officer are defined by clauses (k) and (1) in Rule 2 of the Rules, they read as foliows:-" (k) village Office means any of the offices held by a headman, munsiff, reddy, monigar, peddakapu, patel, karnam, patwari, neerganti, neeradi, vetii, kawalkar, toti, talayani, tandalgar, sethsindhi or any such village office by whatever designation it may be locally known. Explanation:- For the purposes of these rules, a village office is an office of profit under the Government and the holder of that office is a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the indian Penal Code". " (1) village Officer means any person who holds any of the village offices of headman, mu

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