This writ application has been filed for quashing the decision of respondent no. 3, the Board of Directors of Bihar State Construction Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'the Corporation') terminating the services of the petitioner and relieving him from the post of the Financial Advisor-cum-Accounts Officer of the Corporation.

2. The case of the petitioner in brief, as disclosed in the petition, is that having passed the Chartered Accountant examination, he joined the post of Chartered Accountant in the Batliboi and Co. at Calcutta in April, 1973. Thereafter, he worked as Assistant Accountant and Internal Auditor in the Bengal Paper Mills Ltd, a Public Limited Company at Calcutta from August, 1974, to 1983. The Bureau of Public Enterprises, Government of Bihar. Patna, (hereinafter referred to as 'the Bureau') invited applications for appointment on various posts in different Public Sector Undertakings in the State of Bihar. The petitioner offered himself as a candidate for the post of Chartered Accountant. He appeared in the interview and his name was included in the list of selected candidates for appointment by the Bureau.

3. The post of the Financial Advisor was ly