JUDGMENT:— Special leave granted. 310

2. The appellants, who are 175 in number, were appointed as Assistant Teachers by the District Superintendent of Education. Dhanbad, by an order dated May 28, 1988. Before joining, they were supposed to get their certificates and other qualifications verfied from the authorities. They were to join the specified schools by July 4, 1988. The appellants assert that they had joined their respective schools but this fact is denied by the State.

3. By an order dated November 2, 1988, the Deputy Development Commissioner cancelled the appointments of the appellants. Mr. Ashok H. Desai, learned Solicitor General appearing for the respondents has contended that the appointments have been cancelled because the District Superintendent of Education had no authority to make the appointments, It was a device of by-passing the reservations and that the conditions which are part of the appointment order were not complied with. Mr. U. R. Lalit and Mr. A. K. Ganguli, learned Senior Advocates, appearing for the appellants have controverted these allegations and have dated that all these teachers were validly appointed and they had joined their respective schools. I