JUDGMENT :

A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.

The petitioner in W.P.(C)No.25316/2010 is the appellant before us aggrieved by the judgment dated 21.3.2017 of the learned Single Judge. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of the Writ Appeal are as follows:-

2. The petitioner had been appointed as an Arabic Teacher in a leave vacancy that arose in the school consequent to the leave availed by the regular incumbent Sri. K.Basheer Ahammed. The petitioner was appointed to the said vacancy for the period from 27.10.1986 to 30.9.1991. It is not in dispute that the said appointment of the petitioner was approved by the Educational Authorities. It would appear that, thereafter, a permanent vacancy of Arabic Teacher arose in the school with effect from 20.3.2006, the date on which the earlier incumbent to the permanent vacancy, Sri. K. Basheer Ahammed, resigned from the school. While the petitioner, believing himself to be a Rule 51A claimant consequent to his earlier spell of service in the leave vacancy, preferred a representation dated 16.11.2006 before the Manager, the said representation was not considered favourably by the Manager, who had, in the meanwhile, appointed Smt. M. Soudha, the