( 1 ) THE following two questions have been REFERRED TO the Full Bench in pursuance of an order made by 0m. Parkash and Ansari, JJ. :-

" (1) Whether the employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board are persons serving in connection with the affairs. of the Punjab State who could be allocated to the successor States under Section 82 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act.

(2) Whether the employees of the said Board constituted its assets or liabilities which were liable to be apportioned between the successor States under sub-sections (3) and

(4) of Section 67 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act. " The questions have arisen in a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India filed by Mohd. Yaqub petitioner on January 3, 1969. The six respondents in the petition are (1) Union of India, (2) Himachal Pradesh Administration, (3) Secretary, Department of Multipurpose Projects and Power, Government of Himachal Pradesh, (4) D. C. Tandon, (5) Ramji Lal Kaistha and (6) Dunichand Bhandari. The petitioner has challenged the validity of-

(A) the allocation of respondents 4 to 6 to the Department of Multipurpose Projects and Power, Himachal Pradesh;

(B) the order of t