Judgment

FAZAL ALI, J.:- Since we are clearly of the view that the special leave petition should be dismissed in limine on merits, I would not like to go any further into the details of the facts of the case. I would, therefore, refrain from expressing any opinion on the observations made by my learned brother Chinnappa Reddy, J.

CHINNAPPA REDDY, J.:- 2. This special leave petition has to be dismissed. There is no merit in it. The respondent was a teacher employed in a municipal school. The school was taken over by the Government in June, 1971. The respondent was absorbed in Government service by an order dated Feb. 28, 1972. The order recited that the absorption was subject to verification of antecedents and medical fitness. The services of the respondent were terminated on Nov. 5, 1974. Though the order terminating the services of the respondent did not purport to stigmatise him in any manner, it was not disputed before the High Court and it is no longer disputed before us that the order was founded on a report made by the Superintendent of Police, Raigarh on October 31, 1974, to the effect that the respondent was not a fit person to be entertained in Government service, as he had