JUDGMENT

V. KHALID, J. :— This appeal by Special Leave is directed against the Judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on 7-12-1981, setting aside, in appeal, the Judgment of a learned single Judge. The Union of India and its Officers are the appellants. The facts in brief, necessary to understand the dispute involved in the case are as follows :

The respondent joined the post of Stores Officer in the Department of the Zoological Survey of India on July 30, 1975. He was placed on probation for two years. Before the expiry of the period of probation of two years he received a Memo dt. July 25, 1977, from the Senior Administrative Officer, Zoological Survey of India, informing him that the Government had decided to extend his period of probation as Stores Officer by one year more from July 30, 1977. On July 27, 1978, the Dy. Secretary of the Government of India communicated to him an Order of the President of India by which he was informed that the President had terminated his service as a Stores Officer with effect from the afternoon of 29th July, 1978. This communication further stated that the respondent would be entitled to claim a sum equal to the amount