( 1 ) THIS is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution for the issue of a writ of certiorari and a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ for quashing of an order of dismissal passed against the petitioner in certain departmental proceedings taken against the petitioner for misconduct in the discharge of his duties as an Engineer employed under the Damodar Valley Corporation and for prohibiting the opposite parties from giving effect to the said order of dismissal.

( 2 ) THE petitioner who is a Bachelor of Science in Engineering of the University of Glasgow, was appointed as an Assistant Civil Engineer by the respondent Corporation for a term, of three years commencing from 22-8-1950 under an Agreement of Service entered into on 9-12-1950 on terms and conditions contained in the said Agreement. It is a term, of the said Agreement that the service of the petitioner might be terminated by the Corporation without previous notice if the Corporation was satisfied that the employee was unfit and was likely to continue as such for a considerable period by reason of ill-health, or if the Corpora- tion or its officers having proper authority, found the petitio