SIVARAMAN NAIR, J.

( 1 ) APPELLANT was the respondent in W. P. 7133/85. He is also the respondent in w. P. 4172/87. W. P. 7133/85 was allowed by judgment dt. 7. 3. 86. Appellant assails that judgment Writ Petition No. 4172/87 was filed by the 1st respondent in the Appeal complaining that in spite of the above judgment in his favour, his service was terminated by an order dt. 6. 3. 1987. These two proceedings are closely inter-related. Therefore, we dispose them of by this common judgment. We will refer to the parties in the order in which they appeared in W. P. 7133/85.

( 2 ) THE facts are the following: the 3rd respondent - Management appointed the petitioner as an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering in the Vasavi College of Engineering, by order dt. 28. 12. 83. That appointment was temporary. He was paid a salary of Rs. 1840/- which was very nearly the maximum in the scale of Rs. 1200-50-1300-60-1900. The order of appointment stated that he should appear before a Selection Committee for regular appointment. On 12. 2. 84 the 3rd respondent issued a notification inviting applications for appointment as Professor in the department of civil Engineering. Petitioner applied on 21-

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