( 61 ) THE learned Judges nextly considered the question"whether the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution can be invoked by the Lecturer in such a private College. "they first held that the petitioner had no legal right which can be enforced under Article 226. If the reasoning is that she was temporarily appointed and therefore had no right to hold the post, and further she was not qualified and the University had not granted any exemption, then we agree with the view that her services were rightly terminated. The learned Judges, however, relied upon the Praga Tools Corporation v. G. V. Imanual, AIR 1969 SC 1306 and U. P. State Warehousing Corporation. Lucknow v. Chandra Kiran Tyagi, AIR 1970 SC 1244 = (1970 Lab IC 1044) along with some other cases. They arrived at the conclusion on that basis that the writ can be issued only to a statutory body in a case where such a body has violated any provision of a statute. Accordingly they held that the appointment of the petitioner was not made under any statute. The appointment was only on a contract basis unconnected with any statutory provisions. They observed;--"that being the case it cannot be

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