1. A question of considerable importance in service law arises for consideration in this case. A vacancy was notified to the Public Service Commission as, when the vacancy arose, under the Government Order governing appointments to the vacancy, nobody in service was entitled to be promoted and appointed in the vacancy. But before the candidate recruited by the Public Service Commission was actually appointed in the vacancy, the Government Order governing appointments to the vacancy was amended and persons in service became entitled for promotion to the post. The question is whether the appointment of the Public Service Commission recruit is bad in law and, on the basis of the subsequent amendment to the Government order, any person in service who has become entitled for promotion can insist that he should be given appointment in the vacancy.

2. The petitioner in the original petition is the appellant in the writ appeal. The appellant is an Electrician in the Government Transport and Equipment Organisation, Muvattupuzha. He is a Diploma Holder in Electrical Engineering and has experience in Automobile Workshop. A post of for man became vacant from 22-12-1976. As per G O.