Judgment

S.N. Phunkan, J.-Respondent No. 4 filed a writ petition before the High Court regarding her seniority vis-a-vis the seniority of the present appellant. The wirt petition ws allowed by judgment dated 01.03.1995 passed in O.J.C. No. 867 of 1990. Thereafter review petition No. 76/95 was filed which was dismissed by order dated 02.02.1996. One civil appeal has been filed before this Court against the above tow orders. Another separate writ petition was filed by the appellant before the High Court which was registered as O.J.C. No. 1874 of 1996. By order dated 02.05.96 the said writ petition was dismissed. Against the said order of dismissal the second appeal has been filed. Both the appeals are being disposed of by this judgment.

2. To appreciate the contnetions of the parties we may briefly state the facts of the case.

3. The appellant and respondent No. 4 joined the post of lecturer in economince in the college namely Kamla Nehru Women’s College, Bhuba­neswar on the same day i.e. 27.07.1979. The college became eligible to receive grant-in-aid from the Government in the year 1982-83 under rlevant rules. As the appellant and respondent No. 4 were not quali­fied as they did not