JUDGMENT

Shivaraj V. Patil, J.-In this appeal, the appellant has assailed the resolution of the respondent dated 12.5.1996 withdrawing his enrolment as well as the order of the High Court upholding it.

2. The facts, which are considered necessary and relevant for the purpose of disposal, of this appeal, are the following :

After securing LL.B. in 1975-76 the appellant was appointed as Assistant (Legal) by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (for short the Board ). The said post was re-designated as Law Officer Grade-II in 1978. The Board, by its order dated 6.9.1983 allowed the appellant to act as an advocate of the Board and also ordered that the expenditure of his getting licence from the Bar Council shall be met by the Board. His application seeking enrolment was sent by the Secretary of the Board to the respondent on 13.10.1983. The Secretary of the respondent by letter dated 28.3.1984 informed the Board that the Office Order dated 6.9.1983 of the Board did not meet the requirements of the Rules and that the appellant should first be designated as a Law Officer. The respondent also requested the Board to send the order of appointment and the terms o