J. R. CHOPRA, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal under S. 18 of the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 is directed against the judgement of the learned single Judge of this Court dated 25-1-1991 whereby the writ petition filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution by the petitioner-appellant has been dismissed.

( 2 ) THE facts necessary to be noticed for the disposal of this appeal briefly stated are : that the petitioner-appellant is a practising Advocate in the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jodhpur. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 27-12-1965 under the Advocates Act, 1961. He being a practising Advocate is very much interested in the matter of appointment of Chief Justice and other Judges of High Court and Supreme Court of India. He has submitted that he fulfils the qualifica-tion for appointment as Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court, or Chief Justice or Judge of the High Court as laid down by Arts. 124 (3) (b) and 217 (2) (b) of the Constitu-tion. According to him, these appointments are the property of the State and thousands of Advocates who are eligible to such appoint-ments are being denied these appointments without proper consideration. He has submit-ted t