Judgment

GUPTA, J.:- Colvin Taluqdars College in Lucknow, run by a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, imparts education at the following different stages:

(i) Pre-basic i.e., nursery classes.

(ii) Junior basic, called primary stage, from class I to V.

(iii) Senior basic i.e., Junior high school stage - from class VI to VIII, and

(iv) (a) Higher secondary stage, called high school stage - classes IX and X,

(b) Intermediate stage - classes XI and XII.

In the beginning the college had no pre-basic or junior basic classes and started with class VI; classes I to V and nursery classes were opened later. The respondent was appointed an assistant teacher in the basic section of the college in 1961. Following certain incidents involving her, she was suspended on or about August 20, 1970 and ultimately her services were terminated by the managing committee of the college some time in October 1970. She filed a writ petition in the High Court at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench) alleging inter alia that the order terminating her services was mala fide and made in violation of the regulations framed under the (U. P.) Intermediate Education Act, 1921. She asked for a writ of certiorari q