Judicial office, Administrative proximity with judicial work was regarded as an excuse good enough to elevate the administrator into a holder of judicial office, State of Haryana v. Haryana Co-operative Transport, AIR 1977 SC 237 (239): (1977) 1 SCC 271.
'Judicial office' is used in the proviso; a person holding judicial office being a member of the Judicial Service, or, in short, a judicial officer. In the matter of enrolment of Sri H.P. Chaudhari, AIR 1959 All 472.
'Judicial office' subsisting office with a substantive position which has an existence independent from its holder, Shri Kumar Padma Prasad v. Union of India, AIR 1992 SC 1213. [Constitution of India Art 217 (2) (a)]