G. Sabitha vs. High Court Of Judicature At Hyderabad Rep. By Its Registrar General

ITEM NO.1502

COURT NO.3

SECTION XIV

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) $No(s)$ . 14156/2015

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 19-02-2015 in WPC No. 9303/2014 passed by the High Court Of Delhi At New Delhi)

DHEERAJ MOR

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

HONBLE HIGH COURT OF DELHI

Respondent $(s)$

(IA No. 154040/2019 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

(HEARD BY HON'BLE ARUN MISHRA, HON'BLE VINEET SARAN AND HON'BLE S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.

WITH

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Judgment today.

Counsel for the parties

Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dushyant, Adv. Mr. Sanket, Adv. Mr. Deepak Anand, Adv. Mr. Bharat Singh, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Adv. Ms. Prerna Kumari, Adv. Mr. M. K. Maroria, Adv. Mr. B. V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. Aishwarya Kumar,Adv. Mr. P. V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv. Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Adv. Ms. Lekha Sudhakaran, Adv. Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Biju Joseph, Adv. Mr. A. Mariarputham, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anan D. N. Rao, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkaesh Rao, Adv. Ms. Ananya Khandelwal, Adv. Mr. Venkatesh Rao,Adv. Mr. Rahul Mishra, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta M.R.,Adv. Ms. Avni Sharma, Adv. Mr. D. K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rohit Vats, Adv. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Pravin H. Parekh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kshatrshal Raj, Adv. Ms. Tanya Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Adv. Ms. Nitika Pandey, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Ramdev, Adv. For M/s. Parekh & Co. Ms. Priya Hingorani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar Umrao,Adv.

Mr. Sandeep Kr. Mishra,Adv. Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chandra Shekhar Mishra, Adv Mr. Ashihsh Chaubey, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer,Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Dash,Adv. Mr. D.K. Devesh,Adv. Mr. U.P.Singh,Adv. Mr. Abhinav Raghuvanshi, Adv. Mr. Suprabh Kumar Roshan, Adv. Mr. A.B.Singh,Adv. Mr. Piyush Upadhyay,Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, Adv. Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr Pravar Veer Misra, Adv. Dr. K. P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pradeep C., Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Ms. V. S. Lakshmi, Adv. Mr. Zartab Anwar, Adv. Ms. Anjana Prakash, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. Prabhakar, Adv. Mr. D. Srinivas, Adv. Mr. A. Venkateswara Rao, Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Joseph,Adv. Ms. Shelna K.,Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Jha,Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel,Adv. Mr. Ajit Kr. Sinha,Sr.Adv. Ms. S.Janani,Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel,Adv. Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey,Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Kr. Yadav,Adv. Mr. Anurag Singh,Adv. Mr. Kshatrshal Raj,Adv. Ms. Tanya Chaudhary,Adv. Ms. Nikita Pandey,Adv. for M/s. Parekh & Co. Mr. P. N. Ravindran, Sr.Adv. Mr. T.G.N. Nair, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Purushaindra Kaurav,Sr.Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg,Adv.. Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman,Adv. Mr. Anuradha Mishra,Adv. Ms. Stuti Krishna, Adv. Mr. A.V.Rangam, Adv. Mr. Buddy A. Ranganadhan,Adv. Mr. Jamshed Bey, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehra, Adv. Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Ekansh Bansal, Adv. Mrs. Bandna Singh, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Gupta, Adv. Ms. Brinda Ajmani, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Talesara, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Yatharth Singh, Adv. Mr. Raunak Jain,Adv. Mr. Mr. Ketan Paul,Adv. Mr. Tushar Bhushan,Adv. Mr. Amartya Bhushan,Adv. Mr. Tushar Bakshi,Adv. Mr. Shovit Singh,adv. Ms. Harshika Verma,Adv. Mr. Akshay Chadha,Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sheron,Adv. Mr. A. P. Mayee, Adv. Mr. A. Rajarajan, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Charudatta Mahindrakar, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka,Adv. Mr. A. Rajarajan, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Aditi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Seeta Ram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ram Niwas Sharma, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Mr. Manoj Goel, Adv. Mr. A. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Wajeeh Shafiq, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Yunus Malik, Adv. Mr. Anish Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Saroj Bala, Adv.

Mr. Aman Malik, Adv. Mr. Samir Malik, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, AAG. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Shakti Verma, Adv. Mr. Rohit K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Kumar, Adv. Mr. T. V. George, Adv. Mr. Govind Narayan Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Neha Dutt Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. Mr. V. Sushant, Adv. Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Ms. Upama Bhatacharjee, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Manoj Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Ms. Archana Mishra,Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AAG, MP Ms. Nupur Kumar, Adv. Mr. Zeeshan Diwan, Adv. Mr. Prastut Dalvi, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshwar, Adv. Mr. M. V. Mukunda, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, Adv. Mr. Jishnu M. L., Adv. Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv. Ms. Uttara Babbar, Adv. Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv. Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv. Mr. Amol B. Karande, Adv. Mr. Ravindra H., Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv.

Mr. Sachin Patil,Adv. Ms. Nidhi, Adv. Mr. Vaisal Dathan, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Singh Malik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jitesh Malik, Adv. Ms. Beena, Adv. Mrs. Shipra Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, Adv. Mr. Devansh Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Rati Tandon, Adv. Mr. Parnam Prabhakar, Adv. Mr. D. Srinivas, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anjana Prakash, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prabhakar Parnam, Adv. Ms. Aditi, Adv. Mr. A. V. Rao, Adv. Mr. Anurag Dubey, Adv. Ms. Chhaya Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhupendra Kr. Bhardwaj,Adv. Mr. S. R. Setia, Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi,Adv. Mr. Abdul Qadir,Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta,Adv. Mr. Ankur Chhiber,Adv. Mr. R.C.Kaushik,Adv. Mr. Yashvardhan,Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra,Adv. Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar,Adv. Mr. Sadashiv,Adv. Mr. Shantanu Kumar,Adv. Mr. Shakti Vardhan,Adv. Mr. Ajay Kr. Talesara,Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehra,Adv. Ms. Vaishali Gupta,Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey,Adv. Ms. Vidyottma,Adv.

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arun Mishra pronounced the reportable Judgment of the Bench comprising His Lordship and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vineet Saran.

Permission to file Special Leave Petition (s) is granted.

Leave granted.

Application(s) for impleadment/intervention are disposed of.

The operative portion of the Judgment is reproduced as under :-

"47. We answer the reference as under :-

(i) The members in the judicial service of the State can be appointed as District Judges by way of promotion or limited competitive examination.

(ii) The Governor of a State is the authority for the purpose of appointment, promotion, posting and transfer, the eligibility is governed by the Rules framed under Articles 234 and 235.

(iii)Under Article 232(2), an Advocate or a pleader with 7 years of practice can be appointed as District Judge by way of direct recruitment in case he is not already in the judicial service of the Union or a State.

(iv) For the purpose of Article 233(2), an Advocate has to be continuing in practice for not less than 7 years as on the cut-off date and at the time of appointment as District Judge. Members of judicial service having 7 years' experience of practice before they have joined the service or having combined experience of 7 years as lawyer and member of judiciary, are not eligible to apply for direct recruitment as a District Judge.

(v) The rules framed by the High Court prohibiting judicial service officers from staking claim to the post of District Judge against the posts reserved for Advocates by way of direct recruitment, cannot be said to be ultra vires and are in conformity with Articles 14, 16 and 233 of the Constitution of India.

(vi) The decision in Vijay Kumar Mishra (supra) providing eligibility, of judicial officer to compete as against the post of District Judge by way of direct recruitment, cannot be said to be laying down the law correctly. The same is hereby overruled.

48. In the case of Dheeraj Mor and others cases, time to time interim orders have been passed by this Court, and incumbents in judicial service were permitted to appear in the examination. Though later on, this Court vacated the said interim orders, by that time certain appointments had been made in some of the States and in some of the States results have been withheld by the High Court owing to complication which has arisen due to participation of the ineligible inservice candidates as against the post reserved for the practising advocates. In the cases where such in-service incumbents have been appointed by way of direct recruitment from bar as we find no merit in the petitions and due to dismissal of the writ petitions filed by the judicial officers, as sequel no fruits can be ripened on the basis of selection without eligibility, they cannot continue as District Judges. They have to be reverted to their original post. In case their right in channel for promotion had already been ripened, and their juniors have been promoted, the High Court has to consider their promotion in accordance with prevailing rules. However, they cannot claim any right on the basis of such an appointment obtained under interim order, which was subject to the outcome of the writ petition and they have to be reverted.

49. The civil appeals, writ petitions, Transfer Petition and contempt petition are, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs."

Thereafter, Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat pronounced the reportable separate, but concurring Judgment. The operative portion of the Judgment is reproduced as under :-

"35. The Constitution makers, in the opinion of this court, consciously wished that members of the Bar, should be considered for appointment at all three levels, i.e. as District judges, High Courts and this court. This was because counsel practising in the law courts have a direct link with the people who need their services; their views about the functioning of the courts, is a constant dynamic. Similarly, their views, based on

the experience gained at the Bar, injects the judicial branch with fresh perspectives; uniquely positioned as a professional, an advocate has a tripartite relationship: one with the public, the second with the court, and the third, with her or his client. A counsel, learned in the law, has an obligation, as an officer of the court, to advance the cause of his client, in a fair manner, and assist the court. Being members of the legal profession, advocates are also considered thought leaders. Therefore, the Constitution makers envisaged that at every rung of the judicial system, a component of direct appointment from members of the Bar should be resorted to. For all these reasons, it is held that members of the judicial service of any State cannot claim to be appointed for vacancies in the cadre of District Judge, in the quota earmarked for appointment from amongst eligible Advocates, under Article 233.

36. This court is of the opinion that the decision in Vijay Kumar Mishra (supra), as far as it makes a distinction between consideration, of a candidate's eligibility, at the stage of selection, and eligibility reckonable at the time of appointment, is incorrect. There is clear authority to the proposition that eligibility of any candidate is to be reckoned, not from the date of his or her selection, but in terms of the rules, or the advertisement for the post. In Ashok Kumar Sharma & Ors. vs. Chander Shekhar & Ors 1997 (4) SCC 18, a three-judge bench of this court held as follows:

"6….The proposition that where applications are called for prescribing a particular date as

the last date for filing the applications, the eligibility of the candidates shall have to be judged with reference to that date and that date alone, is a wellestablished one. A person who acquires the prescribed qualification subsequent to such prescribed date cannot be considered at all. An advertisement of notification issued/published calling for application constitutes a representation to the public and the authority issuing it is bound by such representation. It cannot act contrary to it.

7. One reason behind this proposition is that if it were known that persons who obtained the qualifications after the prescribed date but before the date of interview would be allowed to appear for the interview, other similarly placed persons could also have applied. Just because some of the person had applied notwithstanding that they had not acquired the prescribed qualifications by the prescribed date, they could not have been treated on a preferential basis.

8. Their applications ought to have been rejected at the inception itself. This proposition is indisputable and in fact was not doubted or disputed in the majority Judgment. This is also the proposition affirmed in Rekha Chaturvedi (Smt.) v. University of Rajasthan and Ors. (1993) I LLJ 617 (SC). The reasoning in the majority opinion that by allowing the 33 respondents to appear for the interview, the Recruiting Authority was able to get the best talent available and that such course was in furtherance of public interest is, with respect, an impermissible justification. It is, in our considered opinion, a clear error of law and an error apparent on the face of the record. In our opinion, R.M. Sahai, J.(and the Division Bench of the High Court) was right in holding that the 33 respondents could not have been allowed to appear for the interview."

This reasoning is similar to other decisions, such as U.P. Public Service Commission v Alpana 1994 (2) SCC 723 and Bhupinderpal Singh & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Ors 2000 (5) SCC 262. Therefore, the observation in Vijay Kumar Mishra (supra) that "the right of such a person to participate in the selection process undertaken by the State for appointment to any post in public service (subject to other rational prescriptions regarding the eligibility for participating in the selection process such as age, educational qualification etc.) and be considered is guaranteed under Art. 14 and 16 of the Constitution" is not correct. With respect, the distinction sought to be made, between "selection" and "appointment" in the context of eligibility, is without foundation. A selection process begins with advertisement, calling for applications from eligible candidates. Eligibility is usually defined with reference to possession of stipulated qualifications, experience, and age, as on the last date (of receipt of applications, or a particular specified date, etc). Anyone fulfilling those eligibility conditions, with reference to such date, would be ineligible. Therefore, the observation that the right to participate in the selection process, without possessing the prescribed eligibility conditions, is guaranteed, is not correct; the right is guaranteed only if the candidate

concerned fulfils the requisite eligibility criteria, on the stipulated date. As pointed out by the three judge bench decision, if the contrary is correct, one acquiring the stipulated qualifications subsequent to the prescribed date cannot be considered. Also, one not fulfilling the conditions cannot be allowed to participate, because, as held in Ashok Kumar Sharma (supra), if it were known, that such ineligible candidates can be considered, those who do not apply, but are better placed than the ineligible candidates who are allowed to participate, would be left out. Moreover, the authority publishing the advertisement/notification represents to the members of the public that it is bound by such representation.

37. As a result of the above discussion, it is held that Vijay Kumar Mishra (supra), to the extent that it is contrary to Ashok Kumar Sharma (supra), as regards participation in the selection process, of candidates who are members of the judicial service, for appointment to the post of District Judge, from amongst the quota earmarked for advocates with seven years' practice, was wrongly decided. To that extent, Vijay Kumar Mishra (supra) is hereby overruled.

38. In the light of the foregoing discussion, it is held that under Article 233, a judicial officer, regardless of her or his previous experience as an Advocate with seven years' practice cannot apply, and compete for appointment to any vacancy in the post of District Judge; her or his chance to occupy that post would be through promotion, in accordance with Rules framed under

Article 234 and proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India."

(JAYANT KUMAR ARORA) (JAGDISH CHANDER) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

(Two signed reportable Judgments are placed on the file)