ANTONY DOMINIC, J.

1. W.P. (C) 22184 of 2013 was filed by the first respondent herein, seeking to quash Ext.P1 order issued by the appellant, the first respondent in the writ petition and to direct the appellant to allow him to join duty as Professor (Management). When the writ petition came up for orders, appellant raised an objection that since the entire cause of action had arisen at Chennai, the writ petition filed in this Court was not maintainable. By order dated 27.11.2013, the objection was overruled and the writ petition was held maintainable. It is aggrieved by this order, W.A. 743 of 2014 is filed. Since the judgment in the writ appeal will have an impact on the maintainability of the writ petition, with the consent of the counsel on both sides, W.P. (C) 22184 of 2013 was also called for to the Full Bench.

2. When the writ appeal came up for consideration before a Division Bench, on behalf of the respondents, reliance was placed on the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Selvin Abraham vs. Punjab & Sind Bank, 2013 (3) KLT 481. However, on going though the said judgment, the Division Bench felt that the view taken in Selvin Abraham (supra) was apparently in