Learned counsel for the respondents was not able to refer us to any averment in the writ petition that the Commission was not consulted either in regard to the principles to be followed in making the iJrOmotions in question, or on the suitability of selected candidates for the promotions. We have, all the same, gone through the record, and we find that the State Government at first framed rules on November 15, 1968, for selections to be, made to posts of Professors in the colleges. By Notifi·· cation No. SR0-161 dated March 25, 1969, those rules were replaced by the rules made by the Governor specifically for the appointment of Professors, which were called the "J ammn and Kashmir Professors of Colleges (Selection) Rules, 1969." It has been specifically stated on behalf of the State that it consulted the Commission under section 133 of the Constitution, and as the writ petitioners have not ventured to take a plea to the contrary, we have no hesitation in holding, on the facts which have been bronght on the record, that the Commission was consulted in regard to the principles to be followed in making the promotions to the posts of Professors.
