Supreme Court dismissed appeal; prosecutor's service period not counted for judge promotion under Art. 63a.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by a judge against the National Council of the Judiciary's refusal to appoint him to a higher court. The applicant argued that his prior prosecutor service should count toward the fifteen-year requirement for promotion under Article 63a of the Judges' Law. The court rejected this, ruling that the statute explicitly requires service as a district judge and does not provide for a general system of converting prosecutor tenure into judicial service.