JUDGMENT - KOCHAR R.J., J.:—The appellants, who were the original petitioners in the above mentioned Letters Patent Appeals, are the School Teachers who were aggrieved by their respective orders of termination from service by the school management and who had approached the School Tribunal by filing appeals under section 9 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") challenging the legality and validity of the impugned orders of termination. They appear to have been dismissed from the employment way of punishment for alleged acts of their misconducts after an enquiry held by the school management. The School Tribunal by impugned order dismissed the appeals filed by the appellants by a common judgment and order dated 27-3-1986.

2.The appellants were aggrieved by the said judgment and order of the school Tribunal and, therefore, they approached this Court by filing writ petitions invoking Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the order of the School Tribunal on the grounds inter alia of the inquiry not being in accordance with the Rules 36 and 37 of the Rules. The appellant

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