Jawahar Lal Gupta, J.

1. The petitioners approached this Court with a prayer that "the waiting hit of Clerks mentioned by the Subordinate Services Selection Board as a result of selection list announced on 15.10.1989" for appointment to the posts of Clerks in different departments in the state of Haryana be quashed. In response to the notice issued by the Motion Bench, the respondents, viz. the State of Haryana and the Subordinate Services Selection Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) appeared and pointed out that they were acting in conformity with the judgment of a Division Bench of this Court (in Sudesh Kumari v. State of Haryana and Ors.), 1991 (1) R.S. J. 18, whereby it was directed that "till such persons who are higher in merit are appointed, the selection list prepared on 15th October 1989 would not lapse irrespective of any instructions to the contrary issued by the State of Haryana, if any." The Motion Bench heard the counsel for the parties. Their Lordships even recorded the statement of Mr. M.S. Madan, the present Secretary of the Board. They had certain reservations about the view expressed by the Division Bench. Consequently, the Bench directed that t