1. The Principal and Manager of S.N. College are at loggerheads for the last few years challenging the legality or otherwise of an order of termination. The issue came up for consideration before a Bench consisting of one of us, K.S. Radhakrishnan, J., in W.A.1633 of 2001 and connected cases wherein the Bench had elaborately considered the law and facts, therefore we need not reiterate the entire facts, but only the essential facts for disposal of these cases.

2. Dr. N. Raveendran was appointed as Principal by order of the management dated 5.10.1998. He was served with a show cause notice dated 17.1.2000 stating that his service as Principal during the period of probation was not satisfactory and was found not suitable for continuance as Principal and hence decided to terminate his probation and to revert him to the post of Selection Grade Lecturer in History. Management gave 15 days time to submit his objections, if any. Dr. Raveendran filed a detailed objection on 3.2.2000 on the various charges levelled against him. He submitted if those charges are allowed to stand the same would cast a stigma on him. Further he had also pointed out that under S.59(7) of the Kerala U