V. BHASKER RAO AND ORS. vs STATE OF A.P. AND ORS.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Andhra Pradesh Higher Judicial Service includes both permanent and temporary posts, thus allowing the appointment of respondents 4 to 16 as District and Sessions Judges, Second Grade, despite their initial temporary status. The Court held that the petitioners, who were appointed substantively in 1981, could not claim seniority over the respondents due to their failure to challenge the seniority lists published over the years. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed, affirming the validity of the respondents' appointments under the Special Rules governing the service.