B.D. Agrawal, J.

1. BY 'means of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution the petitioners have sought writ of certiorari to the effect that the order of the District Judge, Ghazipur, dated November 21, 1985, be quashed.

2. FOR recruitment to the ministerial establishment of the civil courts, the Subordinate Civil Courts Ministerial Establishment Rules, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules, 1947) were enforced with effect from August 1, 1947. The provision made for the method of recruitment under Rule 9 was that early in each year, or as the circumstances may require, each District Judge shall recruit as many candidates for his judgeship as are required for the vacancies likely to occur in the course of the year. Even after the commencement of the Constitution these Rules continued to be in force by virtue of the provisions of Article 313 and Article 372 of the Constitution. On July 11, 1950, the State Government in exercise of powers under Article 309 of the Constitution notified "Rules for the Recruitment of Ministerial Staff to the Subordinate Offices". In Om Prakash Shukla v. Akhilesh Kumar Shukla, AIR 1986 SC 1043 dealing with these Rules the Supreme Cou