Judgement

NATARAJAN, J.:- This appeal by special leave is directed against a judgment of the Gauhati High Court rendered in Second Appeal No. 19 of 1978. By a quirk of fate the appellant who was holding a permanent post of Auditor in the Office of the Accountant General, Assam resigned his job and took up appointment as a Lecturer in an aided college In Meghalaya only to find his appointment terminated in five months time for want of approval for the appointment by the Director of Public Instruction. The backdrop of events for this appeal are as narrated below.

2. The appellant who was a confirmed Auditor in the Office of the Accountant General, Assam responded to an advertisement in the Assam Tribune dt. 21-2-75 and offered himself as a candidate for appointment as a Lecturer in English in Lady Keane Girls College, Shillong. Respondents 2 and 3 are respectively the Principal and the President of the Governing Body of the said College. After being interviewed along with other candidates on 27-3-75 the appellant was selected for the post and was issued an order of appointment on 7-4-75. The order of appointment, however, stated that the appointment was subject to the approval of the D