JUDGMENT :

H. Suresh, J.—The petitioner was employed as a Clerk-cum-Compounder on a probation for a period of six months on 7th August 1978, by the respondent. The probation period was extended by the respondent by a letter dated 1st January 1979, on the ground that the performance of the petitioner was not satisfactory. Thereafter by a letter dated 23rd March, 1979, the petitioner was informed that the respondent found the petitioner unsuitable for the job for which he had been appointed and that, therefore, his appointment could no be confirmed. In the said letter, the petitioner was informed that the respondent had already started a search for a replacement and that the respondent would get another person. The respondent further informed the petitioner that that would not take more than one and a half month from the date of the said letter. The petitioner was given an option to discontinue if he so desired in the meanwhile. Thereafter by a letter dated 22nd May 1979, the respondent informed the petitioner that the respondent had already made an alternate arrangement to replace the petitioner and that, therefore, the petitioner's services were not required with effect from 24th Ma