K. Vinod Chandran, J.

1. The petitioner is aggrieved with the termination ordered by Ext. P16 and confirmed in appeal by Ext. P44.

2. The petitioner initially was appointed on daily wage basis in the 1st respondent Information Kerala Mission (IKM), which was initially a mission-group drawn from Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) for implementation of a scheme titled "Kerala Information Network for Local Bodies". The scheme or its working is not relevant for the above case.

3. The petitioner, admittedly, was initially employed on daily wage basis in IKM and had been continued from September 1999, as is indicated at Ext. P8. The petitioner then was appointed as GIS Draftsman on a consolidated salary, on contract basis for a period of one year, as is evidenced from Ext. P10. The petitioner was, admittedly, continued in the 1st respondent; when he was terminated by the impugned order.

4. The actual status of employment of the petitioner is not revealed from the records. The petitioner has produced the Service Rules applicable to the C-DIT and takes a contention that he had been regularly appointed to such employment, which is regulated by the said Service Rules.