( 1 ) AT issue in this Writ Appeal is the legality of the order passed in g. O. Ms. No. 32, Social Welfare (A) Department, dated 23-2-1982 by which the respondent herein was removed from service as Hindi Pandit in the Upper primary Ashram School, Karakagudem, Khammam district by the Governor of the State of Andhra Pradesh in exercise of the powers conferred by (sub)-clause (c) to the second proviso to clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution of India.

( 2 ) THE impugned order says, interalia, that while working as a teacher in the ashram schools at Sunnambatti and Kothapeta the respondent "has been preaching Islam even in the classes, instead of teaching the lessons from the prescribed text books", his activities are "highly unbecoming of a teacher" and "are likely to result in communal tension which is not conducive to the security of the State, and the Governor is satisfied that in the circumstances of the case, it is not expedient to hold an enquiry into his conduct in the interest of the security of the State". The respondent herein challenged the validity of the aforesaid order by filing Writ Petition No. 3089 of 1982 which was allowed by a learned single Judge of this Co

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