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16. What is the consequence of our finding that the first State Public Service Commission for the State of Jharkhand has not yet come into existence in the eye of law, is the question now to be considered. No doubt, the Jharkhand Primary Teachers' Appointment Rules envisage that an advertisement for the selection be issued ;by the State Public Service Commission, evaluation of answer sheets be got done by the State Public Service Commission and the selection process completed by the State Public Service Commission. The contention is that the advertisement was issued by a truncated Public Service Commission which was still born and the examinations were also got conducted through such a Commission and consequently, the entire exercise must be declared illegal and invalid. We think that the de facto doctrine approved by the Supreme Court would ward off this challenge. In P.S. Menon v. State of Kerala, AIR 1970 Kerala 165, a case relating to he validity of selections made by a State Public Service Commission, whose constitution was challenged, a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court observed thus :