Apex court had laid down appointment procedure

On the delay, Haryana advocate general Baldev Raj Mahajan said it required time to frame rules. He confirmed that new appointments or extension of existing law officers' tenure would be done as per the order. Rapria had argued that in a democracy, a government cannot behave like a king and dole out benefits "as per his whims and fancies". He had also submitted that the state exchequer is held by state as a trustee of the citizens.The remuneration to such state counsels amounts to state largesse.
Deciding the case, a division bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice Kurian Joseph had laid down the procedure, directing the two states to constitute a search committee that would recommend a panel of names to the Chief Justice , who would revert with his views after consulting other judges.
"I have come to know that earlier the contract with the advocates engaged in the AGs' offices was up to November 2016, but with a view to defeat the Supreme Court guidelines, the governments have entered into contract, 'till further orders'. If this is true, then, it is the ploy to circumvent the guidelines, as the contract can go on for a perpetual period and this manner the day for compliance of the guidelines will never see the light," submitted Rapria in his representation seeking compliance of SC verdict.