( 1 ) THESE two rules are taken up together for hearing as they are issued at the instance of the petitioner against successive orders of his transfer while working under the West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board the respondent No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as the Board ).

( 2 ) THE case of the petitioner briefly is that the Board is a body corporate established under Section 3 of the West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board Act (West Bengal Act XIV of 1959, hereinafter referred to as the Act) having its Head-Office at Calcutta and certain Regional Offices at several places including Tamluk in the district of Midnapore and Coochbehar. The petitioner was appointed by an appointment letter dated 25th February, 1961, to the post of 'marketing Assistant' under the Board on terms and conditions mentioned in the letter and since then continued to serve in that post diligently. This post was created by a resolution of the Board passed at its meeting held on 10/15th October, 1960, as a post attached to the Trading and Publicity Section of the Head-Office at Calcutta. By the same resolution the respondent No. 1 also created several posts in Regional Offices