JUDGMENT :

J.B. PARDIWALA, J.

1. By this writ application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ applicant has prayed for the following reliefs:

“(A) that the Hon'ble Court be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction and be pleased to quash and set aside Rule 1 and Rule 2 of the Bar Council of Gujarat (Enrollment) Rules to the extent they prohibit admission of a person who is otherwise qualified to be admitted as an advocate, but is either in full or part time service or employment or is engaged in any trade, business or profession, as an advocate:

Alternatively the Hon'ble Court be pleased to read down Rule 1 and Rule 2 and declare that a person who is otherwise qualified to be admitted as an advocate, but is either in full or part time service or employment or is engaged in any trade, business or profession, shall be admitted as an advocate, however the enrollment certificate of such a person shall be withheld with the Bar Council and shall lie in deposit with the Council, until the advocate makes a declaration that the circumstances mentioned in