JUDGMENT :

A.K. Rath, J.

By this application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, who is a quondam employee of Gopabandhu English Medium School, challenges the order of termination dated 10.05.2002 passed by the Chief Engineer & Director, Water and Land Management Institute (hereinafter referred to as “WALMI”), Pratap Nagari, Cuttack vide Annexure-15 and the enquiry report.

2. The case of the petitioner is that WALMI is an institute of the Government of Orissa, Water Resources Department. It was established in the year 1985 under the World Bank Project. It is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The object of the institute is to impart training in action research and adoptive research in the field of agriculture/irrigation. The institute used to receive grant-in-aid from the State Government. The institute had more than 200 numbers of employees belong to different categories. There was no English Medium School for primary education of small children of that area. It was difficult on the part of the employees to send small children by bus to other schools. In view of the same, it was decided to establish a school to provide educati