Judgment

VENKATARAMIAH, J.:- This appeal by special leave is filed against the judgment and order of the High Court of Allahabad dated April 12, 1985 in Writ Petition No. 3961 of 1982 by which the High Court of Allahabad quashed the results of the competitive examination held by the District Judge of Kanpur in September, 1981 for selecting candidates for appointment to the vacancies in Grade III of the ministerial staff in the Subordinate Courts in the District of Kanpur.

2. Before the commencement of the Constitution, recruitment to the ministerial establishment in the Subordinate Civil Courts of the United Provinces was regulated by the Subordinate Civil Courts Ministerial Establishment Rules, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the 1947 Rules). The said Rules were promulgated by the Governor of the United Provinces on August 1, 1947. The expression Ministerial Establishment was defined by R. 2(c) of the 1947 Rules as the staff of the Subordinate Civil Courts consisting of ministerial servants as defined in Fundamental Rule (17), Financial Handbook, Vol. II, Part II. According to the definition given in R. 2(e) of the 1947 Rules the expression Subordinate Civil Courts included the Cou