( 1. ) THIS matter comes before me on a difference between Khan, J. , and Shivdayal, J.

( 2. ) THE main question is whether Article 311 (2) of the Constitution applies to the facts of this case. The petitioner was an employee of the erstwhile Gwalior State which merged on 15 April 1948. The process of integration of services of the various princely States, including Gwalior State, constituting the new State of Madhya Bharat, continued right upto 1 November 1956 when, in pursuance of the provisions of the States Reorganization Act, 1956, the new State of Madhya Pradesh came into existence. By an order of the Director of Education dated 27 December 1955, the petitioner, who was treated to have been a clerk on 15 April 1948, was directed to be Integrated as a head clerk. Being aggrieved by that order, the petitioner filed an appeal claiming that, on 15 April 1948, he was working as a camp clerk and was not a mere clerk in the office of the Director of Education. The Government of Madhya Bharat, by their order dated 28 October 1956, accepted the appeal, accorded sanction to confirmation of the petitioner on the post of office superintendent in the Education Department and reve