Abhyankar, J.

1. This judgment will also dispose of Special Civil Application No. 240 of 1961.

2. Special Civil Application No. 175 of 1961 is filed by one Shri R.D. Shirkhedkar. He was serving in the Office of respondent No. 2, the Senior Deputy Accountant General, Maharashtra, (Nagpur Branch), at Nagpur as a Superintendent in the Subordinate Accounts Service Class III. He joined the Office of the Accountant General, Central Provinces and Berar, in the year 1940 and was confirmed as a Superintendent in 1953. On reorganisation of the State he was allocated to the State of Bombay. The petitioners case is that he is a member of the Civil Audit find Accounts Association of Class III employees in the office of respondent No. 2 at Nagpur. Between 1954 to 1958 the petitioner was the President of the Association at Nagpur.

3. In Special Civil Application No. 240 of 1961, the petitioner is Narayan Narhar Deshpande. He joined the service in the Indian Audit and Accountants Department at Nagpur as an Upper Division clerk under the control of the then Accountant General, Madhya Pradesh, in 1949. He was confirmed as an Upper Division clerk in 1951. Consequent on the reorganisation of the