1. The State of Jharkhand came into existence on 15th November, 2000 and after the creation of State of Jharkhand, cadre of Judicial Officers of the State of Bihar was provisionally bifurcated which led to acute shortage of Judicial Officers in the State of Jharkhand. Since there was dire urgent need of filling up the vacancies of the Jharkhand Judicial Service, the Governor of Jharkhand in consultation with the High Court of Jharkhand framed provisional/temporary rule namely, Jharkhand Judicial Service (Recruitment) Rules, 2001 so as to select/recruit and appoint members of Jharkhand Judicial Services. Under the said rule the process of recruitment of Judicial Officers was undertaken by the High Court. Accordingly selection process was set in motion and list of the selected candidates was sent to the Government for issuing appointment letters. The Government of Jharkhand instead of issuing notification/appointment letters raised certain objections with regard to the reservation and sat tight over the matter. This led to filing of the instant public interest litigation seeking a direction upon the Government of Jharkhand to forthwith fill up to the post of Munsifs and Judicial