( 1 ) THIS petition is filed by the management through Principal and Manager of Shri Sardar Patel High School, Deesa against an order passed by the Tribunal constituted under the Gujarat Secondary Education act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) on 24/09/1982, by which the Tribunal was pleased to allow the application filed by the first respondent-Teacher and to direct the management to reinstate the first respondent in service by declaring the order of removal passed against him as illegal, unlawful and violative of the principles of natural justice. The tribunal, however, did not grant backwages to the respondent-Teacher.

( 2, ) TO appreciate the controversy in question, few facts may now be stated : the respondent-Teacher was appointed as a part-time teacher in the School run by Gram Panchayat, Malan, in the year 1975. After the Higher Secondary education Scheme came into force in the year 1976, he was declared supernumerary in the School in which he was serving and pursuant to an order passed by the District Education Officer, he was absorbed in the School run by the petitioner-Management with effect from 2/07/1976. It was the allegation of the petitioners th