1. This writ petition has been filed to quash the order of the Education Tribunal, Ramanathapuram, dated 9th November, 1976. The facts leading to the filing of the writ petition are as follows—The petitioner is the Correspondent of the Hindu Girls High School, Watrap. The second respodent Subadra was at all material times employed as a teacher in the petitioners school. For tome Irregularities, the petitioner terminated the services of the second respondent on 31st May, 1971. Against the said order of ter mination of her services, the second respondent preferred an appeal to the Inspec-tress of Girls Schools, Madurai. The Appellate Authority allowed the appeal by the order, dated 17th November, 1974, and directed reinstatement in service of the second respondent. The petitioner in turn filed a second appeal which by mistake was presented to the Chief Educational Officer instead of to the Director of School Education. The Chief Educational Officer therefore returned the appeal to the petitioner for being presented to the appropriate authority, namely, Director of School Education. Accordingly, the petitioner presented the appeal on 28th December, 1974 to the Director of S