Mr. Surya Kant, J.:- This order shall dispose of CWP No.21348 of 2011 as well as COCP Nos.180 & 520 of 2011 which vide the order dated 14th May, 2012 were ordered to be heard together. The controversy pertains to appointments to Haryana Superior Judicial Service in the rank of Additional District & Sessions Judges. The petitioner in CWP No.21348 of 2011 while seeks quashing of the orders dated 22nd December, 2010 and 18th July, 2011 (Annexures P12 & P21, respectively) passed by Government of Haryana declining to de-reserve the unfilled reserved posts of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and consequential appointment of the petitioners, who belong to the General Category, against such de-reserved posts, the petitioners in the contempt petitions allege willful and deliberate disobedience of the directions issued by this Court in relation to the afore-stated appointments. For true appreciation of the controversy, the facts are briefly extracted from CWP No.21348 of 2011.

2. Respondent No.2 - Punjab & Haryana High Court (in short, ‘the High Court’) vide advertisement dated 18th May, 2007 invited applications for selecting 22 candidates (Gen-14, SC-5, BC-3) to be appointed