JUDGMENT :

S.N. Prasad, J.

Additional affidavit has been filed by the petitioner today by serving copy of the same upon learned counsel for O.P. No.3. Office is directed to keep the same on record.

This writ petition is against the order dtd.23rd October, 1998 under Annexure-13 passed by the Director, Higher Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar whereby and where under the appeal filed by opposite party no.3 has been allowed by setting aside the order of termination with a direction to the Governing Body to re-instate her in her previous 1st post of Lecturer in Home Science and pay her all financial entitlements, arrears of pay with continuity of service.

2. The governing body of the College in question, being aggrieved with the order is before this court inter alia on the following grounds:-

(i) The first ground urged by the learned counsel representing the governing body of the college is that the order is illegal on the ground that the governing body, who is appointing authority of opposite party no.3, has not been impleaded as party before the Director, Higher Education and the Director, without hearing the governing body has passed the order, hence the governing body has never been provid