R.K.Choudhary, J.

1. This application for issue of a writ under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been made by four teachers of the Vivekanand High School at Sakchi in the district of Singhbhum whose services have been terminated by order dated 12-1-1956 by the managing committee of the Ramkrishna Mission, Vivekanand Society. The petitioners state that they were holding permanent appointments in the said school and that the Honorary Secretary of the Ramkrishna Mission, Vivekanand Society, Jamshedpur (opposite party No. 1) issued orders on 12-1-1956 terminating the services of the petitioners with immediate effect without giving them any opportunity of hearing or without calling upon them to show cause as to why their services should not be terminated.

It is further stated that the petitioners filed appeals to the Inspector of Schools, Chota Nagpur Division, who, on 6-10-1956, informed the petitioners that their appeals have been submitted to the Board of Secondary Education, Bihar, with his findings and recommodations thereon. On 4-3-1957, the petitioners received from the District Inspector of Schools, Chota Nagpur Division, a memorandum forwarding extract copy