Ramnandan Prasad, J.

The substantial question which arises for desctermination in this case is:

Whether the termination of the services of the petitioners is bad for being violative of the principle of natural justice on the ground they were not given an opportunity to show cause against termination before the termination orders were issued?

2. The case of the petitioners is that in response to an advertisement for the posts of Assistant Teachers in different Elementary Schools in the erstwhile district of Santhal Parganas published in the newspaper on 7.4.1981 under the signature of District Superintendent of Education, Santhal Parganas, these petitioners and others submitted their applications. They were eventually interviewed by the District Establishment Committee of the Santhal Parganas in between 17th and 19th September, 1981 and the Committee prepared a panel for appointment known as 'waiting List. Soon thereafter the erstwhile district of Santhal Parganas was split into four districts, namely, Dumka, Sahebganj, Godda and Deoghar After the creation of these and districts some candidates whose names figured in the said panel were appointed for the various Elementary Sch