Judgment

VENKATARAMIAH, J.:- This appeal by special leave is filed against the judgment dated 23-4-1982 of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in Representation Petition No. 508 of 1982 issuing a direction to the State Government to refrain from making any direct recruitment against temporary vacancies in the cadre of Assistant Engineers under the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Engineering Service (Special) Rules (hereinafter referred to as the Special Rules) as amended by G.O. Ms. No. 227 dated 28-4-1980 and issuing certain other ancillary directions. The facts of the case are as follows.

2. Recruitment to the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Services was governed by the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the General Rules). Rule 6 of the General Rules which dealt with the method of recruitment provided that where the normal method of recruitment to any service, class or category was neither solely by direct recruitment nor solely by transfer but was both by direct recruitment and by transfer, the proportion or order in which the special rules concerned may require vacancies to be filled by persons recruited direct or by th