( 1 ) IN this case, the writ petitioners have prayed, inter alia, for a writ in the nature of mandamus against the respondents not to give effect to the impugned termination letter being Memo No. F. 44/kvc/93-94/admn. /pt-1, dated 30. 4. 93 issued by the Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Chittaranjan, and further commanding the respondents to allow the petitioners to resume their duties in rendering service in their respective posts of Primary Recruit Teachers (P. R. T.) and Trained Graduate Teacher (T. G. T. ).

( 2 ) THE petitioners have claimed to have been selected and appointed in their respective posts of P. R. T. /t. G. T. from time to time on purely temporary, part-time and ad hoc basis as stop-gap arrangement. Though they have been rendering their service as a full-time permanent employee in the Kendriya Vidyalaya since their initial appointment, the authorities use to make artificial break now and then in their services. Petitioner No. 1 is an M. A. , B. Ed. having requisite qualification for the Trained Graduate Teacher in Hindi and therefore, he was selected and appointed on 20th June, 1989 through proper selection in the interview for the post of Trained