Vikramaditya Prasad, J.

1. As in both the writs common questions involved and similar reliefs have been sought for, so, both the writs have been heard together and are being disposed of by a common order.

2. The basic questions to be decided in these writ applications is whether in absence of approval by the District Panchayat Officer, the appointment to the post of Dalpati can be treated to be valid and legal? The next question is whether the resolution of the Executive Committee to appoint a man of Village Volunteers Force (hereinafter referred to as the force) creates any right to such person which can not be denied by the District Panchayat Officer and the third question is whether the District Panchayat Officer is empowered to cancel the appointment and direct the Gram Panchayat to appoint another person in place of a person whose name has been recommended by the Executive Committee?

3. The short fact of CWJC No. 11139 of 1995 is that the petitioner passed his B.A. Examination and as per his matriculation certificate his date of birth is 15.6.1971. In the year 1992 he became a member of the Force and continued thereon till 1993, when the post of Dalpati became vacant, the