JUDGMENT

CHANDRACHUD, J. :—The management of Primary and Middle Schools was taken over by the Madhya Pradesh Government from the Local authorities under the Madhya Pradesh Local Authorities School Teachers (Absorption in Government Service) Act, 1963. In 1968, the State Government decided to take over the management of Higher Secondary Schools also. One such school was Kanya Naween Vidya Bhawan, Gadarwara which was run by a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act. The appellant, Smt. Juthika Bhattacharya, who was a B. A. B. T., was the Head Mistress of that school. Her scale of pay was Rs. 275-700 and at the relevant time she was drawing a monthly salary of Rs. 500.

2. On February 23, 1970 the Divisional Superintendent of Education, Narmada Division, Hoshangabad, wrote to the Society that the management of the school run by it would be taken over by the Government if there was no improvement in its financial position. On June 7, 1971 he informed the Society that the Government had issued directions for taking over the management of the school. In pursuance of this letter, the management of the school, along with its assets, was taken over by the Government on 18-6-19