ORDER :- This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution to quash the order of the General Manager, Southern Railway, Madras dated 30-12-1958 informing the petitioner that as his services were no longer required by the Railway Administration they were, in accordance with Rule 148 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code, Vol.I, terminated with effect from the forenoon of 30-12-1958. By the same order, the General Manager further informed the petitioner that he would be paid one months pay in lieu of notice of termination of his services. The petitioner was served with the order the same day. This petition was presented on 4-3-1959.

2. The petitioner entered service in June 1949 as a ticket collector in the then South Indian Railway. He was so appointed by the General Manager, South Indian Railway. After the reorganisation of various zones of the railways, the petitioner became an employee of the Indian Railways working in the Southern Railway. In 1950 he was promoted as a travelling ticket examiner and functioned as such until the date of the termination of his services. By a communication dated 24-2-1956, the General Manager informed the petitioner that he conside