( 1 ) BY this petition the petitioner has asked for quashing of the order dated 31st October 1961 (Annexure XI to the petition) passed by the Government of India and communicated to the petitioner by Shri S. B. Khare, Under Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh. The petitioner is at present working as Principal, Government Post Graduate Basic Training College, Raipur, in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Before the reorganisation of the States by the States Reorganisation Act on 1-11-1956 he was employed as Principal of the Teachers Training College (L. T.) at Dewas which is stated to be the only institution of this kind in the erstwhile State of Madhya Bharat. The State of Madhya Bharat merged in the new State of Madhya Pradesh from 1-11-1956 under the States Reorganisation Act. It is alleged that the State of Madhya Pradesh published a provisional integration list (Annexure I to the petition) setting out the principles formulated for being observed, as far as may be, in the integration of Government servants allotted for service to the new State of Madhya Pradesh. In the said notification under the heading "teaching" the Principal Training College from Mahakoshal is