This case is a glaring example of an authority denying to one of its employees protection under Art. 16(1) of the Constitution of India read with Art.14 thereof and also encroaching upon the employee’s right under Art.21 of the Constitution of India. The employer, the facts disclose, has chosen to obstinately ignore the directions of this Court in W.P.No.5400 of 1983 disposed of by a Division Bench of this Court as far back as 8. 1984 and throwing on the face of the respondent in the instant proceeding some sort of an alleged recommendation by the Collector of the District of Tiruchirapalli dated 28. 1993 to contend that it (the respondent) has good reasons to hold that the very initial appointment of the petitioner was illegal and thus, he is not entitled to seek any writ in the nature of mandamus in his substantive appointment and consequently, benefit as an employee under it.

2. Facts tell their own story. Petitioner, it is not disputed, claimed that he belonged/ belongs to Konda Reddy Community, which is a Scheduled Tribe according to the Presidential Notification under the Constitution Scheduled Tribes Order, 1958 and the General Rules in Vol.1 of the Tamil Nadu Serv