C.A. Vaidialingam, J.

1. In these proceedings under Art.226 of the Constitution Sri V.K. Krishna Menon, learned counsel for the writ petitioner, seeks to quash the order of the first respondent, dated 13th September 1960 terminating the petitioners services, as well as the consequential memorandum, Ext. P2, dated 16th September 1960 issued by the second respondent

2. The circumstances under which this writ petition has been filed are briefly as follows:

The petitioner, a Medical Practitioner, has passed the M.B.B.S. examination of the Madras University in December 1945 and she has also passed the examination for diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics in 1948. After serving as a HouseSurgeon in the Stanley Medical Hospital and the Government Women and Children's Hospital, Madras, the petitioner claims to have specialised in midwifery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics and diseases of children. She was appointed as Honorary Assistant Surgeon in the General Hospital, Ernakulam in 1949.

3. In 1958, the State Government framed the necessary rules for recruitment and appointment of Honorary Medical Officers and the petitioner applied for the same and was appointed in or about 1958 as Honorar