JUDGMENT

S.B. Majmudar, J.-In this appeal by special leave under Article 136 of the Constitution of India the appellant has brought in challenge the decision rendered by a Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in Special Appeal No. 300 of 1992 moved by respondent No. 1 against a common judgment and order of the learned Single Judge in three writ petitions filed by the contesting parties to these proceedings, namely, the appellant on the one hand and respondent No. 1 on the other. The short question involved in these proceedings is as to whether the appellant Munishwar Dutt Pandey or respondent No. 1 Ramjeet Tiwari is entitled to continue as Principal of Brijendra Mani Inter College, Kohandaur, Pratapgarh functioning in the State of Uttar Pradesh. For the sake of convenience we will refer to the appellant as original writ petitioner and respondent No. 1 as the main contesting respondent.

2. A few relevant facts leading to these proceedings deserve to be noted at the outset. The original writ petitioner and the contesting respondent were appointed as teachers in the aforesaid Brijendra Mani Inter College, Kohanaur in Pratapgarh District of State of