ORDER

This appeal is filed by one Yogendra Prasad Mandal who was appointed as a Forester in the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation in 1977. At the material time the appellant was posted at the Palamau Project of the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation. Up to about November 1981 the forest work was done by the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation on the basis of a lease granted to them by the State Government. In November 1981 the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation, which is an autonomous body decided to close down its project at Singhbhum and the departmental wing at Palamau. As a result of this decision the entire staff working at Singhbhum and a substantial staff working at Palamau became surplus.

2. In order to absorb the staff so rendered surplus with the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation, meetings were held with the State Government Officers including the Chief Conservator of Forests. The minutes of the meeting dated 11.11.1981 record the discussions held regarding absorption of surplus staff as a result of the closure of the Singhbhum Project and the departmental wing of the Palamau Project of the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation