Aggrieved by the order dated 21.12.2009 passed by the learned District Judge & Educational Appellate Tribunal, Uttara Kannada, Karwar, the petitioner has approached this Court.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner, Noorjahan Abdul Shukur Shaikh was appointed on 01.06.1995 by the Nida-E-Tauheed Trust as an Assistant Teacher. She continued to work for the said Trust till 10.04.2007. However, when she reported back to the Trust for continuing teaching in their school on 30.05.2008, she was not permitted to sign the attendance register. Therefore, according to her, she was verbally removed from her service without following due process of law. Aggrieved by the action of the Trust, she filed an appeal under Section 94 of the Karnataka Education Act, 1983, (‘the Act’ for short) before the learned Tribunal. However, by the impugned order, the learned Tribunal has dismissed her appeal. Hence, this petition before this Court.

3. Mr. Anant Savadi, the learned Counsel for the petitioner, has raised following contentions before this Court: firstly, the appointment of the petitioner was not a temporary one, as there is no letter to show that her appointment was on yearly