ORDER

R.L. Gulati, J. - This and the connected petitions raise a common question and can conveniently be decided by a single judgment. In Writ Petition No. 742 of 1971 (Sri Ram Narain Pathak v. The State of U. P. and others) there is a small additional point which will be dealt with separately. This judgment, therefore, shall dispose of all the petitions.

2. The facts of the petition of Sri Panna Lal Gupta may now be briefly stated.

3. The petitioner was appointed as a Sub-Inspector of Police in Uttar Pradesh on February 2, 1942. He was promoted as Circle Inspector in the year 1950 and was confirmed in that post with effect from August 2, 1958. The petitioner's allegation is that in November 1955, a selection committee consisting of the Chief Secretary, the Inspector General of Police and the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, U. P. had selected him for permanent appointment as a Deputy Superintendent of Police. Thereafter a selection committee was again convened in the month of May, 1962, for the revision of the list of candidates selected for permanent appointment earlier in 1955 and for bringing on the list some more names. The petitioner's name continued to be borne on t