ALLADI KUPPUSWAMI, J.

( 1 ) THE Criminal Appeal and the Revision petitions are preferred against the judgments of one or other of the four District judges who were appointed by the government of the Andhra Pradesh by an order dt. 7-12-1973. Writ petitions were filed in the High Court challenging the appointment of these four judges. One of the writ petitions, W. P. No 895/74 was dismissed by this court, but on appeal to the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court by its order dt/2-9-1975 in C A. No. 2059 (1975-11 APLJ S. C. 21 )held that these judges were not eligible to be appointed as their names had not been recommended by the high Court as required by Art. 233 (2) of the Constitution. The appointments of these four district judges were quashed and the four posts manned by them were declared vacant. The appellant and the petitioners in each of these cases raised a contention before Madhusudan Rao, j. before whom they were posted, that the judgments rendered by the District Judges in each case, whose appointment has been held by the Supreme Court to be constitutionally invalid, was void and for that reason alone the Judgment has to be set aside and the case be directed to be re-heard by

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