JUDGMENT

VENKATACHALA, J.:—R.N.A. Britto, the appellant had been appointed as the Secretary of the Bajpe Pachyat, established under the provisions of the Karnataka Village and Local Boards Act, 1959 - "the Act". The Chief Executive Officer of Mangalore Taluk Development Board, Respondent 1 issued a Memo dated November 4, 1986 to the appellant stating therein that his service as Secretary of the Bajpe Panchayat, had stood terminated. The appellant challenged the said termination of his service as Secretary of the Bajpe Panchayat, by an application made before the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal - "the Tribunal", established under the provisions of the Adminstrative Tribunals Act, 1985 - "the Tribunals Act". But, by its Order dated September 20, 1988 the Tribunal rejected the application on the gound that it had no jurisdiction to decide upon the matter. However, the appellant made an application before the Tribunal seeking review of its earlier order. That review application of the appellant was also rejected by the Tribunal by its order dated January 22, 1992, reiterating its earlier view that it had no jurisdiction to decide on the matter of termination of the appellants service