1. Petitioner was appointed as a Primary Department Teacher in the former State of Cochin by the Staff Selection Board in 1122 M. E. Petitioner has been working in the Sree Rama Varma High School since 1954 and in the Sree Rama Varma Upper Primary School since 1961, after the bifurcation of Upper primary and Lower primary schools. On 13101966, the respondent, the Regional Deputy Director of Public Instruction, received a copy of a letter dated 1110 66 from the Assistant Educational Officer, Ernakulam, addressed to the District Educational Officer, Ernakulam, stating inter alia that the Assistant Educational Officer has received a report from the Headmaster of the Sree Rama Varma Upper primary School Ernakulam, where the petitioner was working as a Primary Department Teacher, that the petitioner is not writing his notes of lessons in spite of specific instructions issued to him by the Headmaster of the School in this regard, that the petitioner is refusing to comply with the lawful directions issued by the Headmaster of the school regarding the preparation and maintenance of notes of lessons on the ground that the teacher is not provided with necessary copies of text boo