Abhilasha Kumari, J.

1. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that by inadvertence, the Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal, Ahmedabad, has not been joined as a party respondent to the petition though it was intended to be joined as such, as is clear from the prayer clause at Paragraph-7(B) to the petition. He prays for permission to join the Tribunal as respondent No. 7. Permission to do so is granted. The necessary amendment be carried out forthwith.

2. By preferring this petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has assailed the order dated 17.04.2015, passed by respondent No. 7 Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal, Ahmedabad ("the Tribunal") in Appeal No. 5 of 2014, as also the orders dated 09.07.2004 and 03.12.2004, passed by respondent No. 5 Commissioner, Mid-Day Meals and Schools, Government of Gujarat. A further prayer is made to direct respondent No. 1 Jyoti Vidhyamandir Trust ("the Trust"), to reinstate the petitioner in service with continuity and pay, with interest at the rate of 12% per annum.

3. The brief facts giving rise to the filing of the petition are that an advertisement was issued