Michael Zothankhuma, J.

Heard Mr. U.K. Nair, counsel for the petitioner and Mr. M. Nath, counsel for the respondent No.8. Also heard Mr. P. Saikia, counsel for the respondent No.2.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he was appointed as a Lecturer in English on 2.9.96 in Kalatoli Kathmi Anchalik Junior College. The petitioner joined the post on 8.9.96. The petitioner was thereafter upgraded to the 1st post of Lecturer of Alternative English in the said Junior College on 27.10.1996. The Deputy Secretary (Inspection) Assam Higher Secondary Education Council vide letter dated 16.3.2000 granted provisional permission for introducing Alternative English in the first year HS Class of the said Junior College. Thereafter, the Joint Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Education Department vide letter dated 26.5.2005 accorded Government concurrence in respect of the subject of Alternative English and Sanskrit in the H.S. 1st year Classes in the said Junior College.

3. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner having been appointed as Lecturer in English on 2.9.96 and h