1. This is an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writs it the nature of certiorari and mandamus quashing the orders contained in Annexures 1 and 6 passed by the Municipal Education Officer of Chakradharpur transferring the petitioners from one school to the other on posts alleged to be inferior to those held by them.

2. The first petitioner was, on the date of the order aforesaid, Head Master in Shoundik Dhararnsala Middle School at Chakradharpur, and the second, the Head Master in Dandasai Urdu Middle School, Chakradharpur. Both these Schools are said to be under the management and control of Chakradhapur Municipality. The first petitioner says that he passed the Matriculation examination in the year 1953, Madhyama examination of Hindi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Prayag, in the year 1954, and the Teachers, Training Examination in the year 1968. He also underwent training in the Teachers Training School at Chiri in the District of Ranchi. The second petitioner claims to have passed the Final School Examination (equivalent to Matriculation) from the Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal, in the year 1952. He also attended the Teache