JUDGMENT:— Leave granted. We have heard counsel for both the parties and proceed to dispose of the appeal as the point involved is a short one.

2. The petitioner was the Principal of the Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Uchchatar Madhyamik Vidyalaya. The Committee of Management of the Vidyalaya served a notice suspending the petitioner for certain alleged irregularities and referred the matter to the District Inspector of Schools for approval under the U. P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921. The District Inspector, however, found that the Managing Committee had ceased to be valid due to non-renewal of the registration of the society and non-holding of periodical elections and that a dispute regarding the society was pending before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gola, Gorakhpur under the provisions of the Societies registration (U.P. Amendment) Act, 1960. He, therefore, declined to grant approval to the suspension order.

3. We are also informed that a similar inquiry is pending before the Deputy Director of Education under the U. P. Education Act.

4. The Committee of Management filed a writ petition against the order of the District 11 Inspector of Schools refusing to approve the suspension of the