1. - The petitioner, which is the representative body of the Rajasthan Assistant Accounts Officers' Association, District Branch, Jaipur through its President, by way of the instant writ petition, has raised the question for determination by this court as to whether it was open to respondents to fill-up the vacancies in Rajasthan Accounts Service without determining at first instance the actual number of sanctioned posts in the said cadre?

2. During the pendency of this writ petition, the petitioner has filed an additional affidavit from which it is apparent that the State Government has leased clarification-cum-direction vide its order dated 7.9.1996, which is self-explanatory and which clarifies that the vacancies should be determined on the basis of total number of sanctioned posts in service irrespective of nomenclature/scale of the posts.

3. The perusal of the aforesaid circular, which is forming part of the additional affidavit vide Annexures 14 & 15 dated 7.9.1996 & 13.11.1996 respectively, reveals that the State Government has already done the necessary exercise is not only determining the total number of sanctioned posts in the Rajasthan Accounts Services cadre but