Judgment

MADON, J.:- The above application, namely, Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 824 of 1986, has been filed by the Respondent in Criminal Appeal No. 50 of 1985, Mahendra Ambalal Shah, seeking certain directions. The directions sought are that the above Criminal Appeal should be dismissed and the Appellants should be directed to reinstate the Respondent forthwith in service and to issue a non-bailable warrant against the First Appellant and to detain him in jail until the Respondent is reinstated and the amount of back wages is deposited in the High Court and paid to the Respondent. A direction was also sought in the said application to issue a notice of contempt to the trustees of the Khambhat Taluka Sarvajanik Kelavani Mandal. Khambhat. The names of the said trustees were given in Annexure A to the said application. A prayer is also made in the said application to pass such other orders and directions, as may be necessary in the circumstances of the case. By its order dated March 5, 1986, this Court issued a notice of the said application to the said trustees.

2. The facts which have given rise to the said Criminal Appeal. require to be briefly stated. The Respondent Shah wa