Section 22(2) in The U.P. Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1975
(2)Appointments to the service shall be made on the rotational system, the first vacancy shall be filled from the list of officers of the Nyayik Sewa. The second vacancy shall be filled from the list of direct recruits (and so on), the remaining vacancies, shall therefore be filled by promotion from the list of the officers of the Nyayik Sewa :Provided that for so long as suitable officers are available from the cadre of the Judicial Magistrates, appointments to the Service shall be made in such a way that the second, fifth and eighth (and so on), vacancy shall be filled from the list of Judicial Magistrates.
