( 1 ) THIS writ petition is filed for a declaration that the order of the 3rd respondent passed in DOD/proj. 482/95 dated 10-5-1995 terminating the contract dated 24-11-1994 as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is a Doctorate in Physical Oceanagraphy. The respondent organisation i. e. , the National Remote Sensing Agency appointed the petitioner for a period of three years under D. O. D. Project i. e. , Department of Ocean Development. After the expiry of the period of three years, by proceedings dated 22-11-1993 he was appointed on contract basis for one more year, and on 20-11-1994, the services of the petitioner were terminated. Therefore, he filed a Writ Petition No. 22497 of 1994 and the same was admitted and is pending. Thereafter, the respondents again appointed the petitioner on a contract basis by its proceedings dated 20-11-1994. The subject-matter of the contract was "processing NDAA/avhrr (National Oceanic and atmospheric Administration)/ (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometre for the Retrieval of SST and their utilisation in various oceanagraphic applications and also any other job assigned by the Project Manager/proj