JUDGMENT :

B.L. Hansaria, C.J. - The two petitioners were serving as Assistant Teachers in Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium School, Bhubaneswar. As the monthly salary paid to the petitioners was nominal inasmuch as the same was Rs. 100/- in so far as the petitioner in O.J.C. No. 4119/88 is concerned and Rs. 250/- qua the other petitioner, to augment their income, they wanted to take up agency work of Peerless General Finance and Investment Company. By communication dated January 22, 1985, the Secretary of the School permitted the petitioners to undertake the above work beyond school hours without affecting the normal duty as teachers. Subsequently, however, the Secretary of the school called upon the petitioners to explain as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against them for "having agency of an insurance company", which was regarded as highly irregular. The petitioners were further asked to dissociate themselves from the agency and report compliance. In the explanation submitted, the petitioner of O.J.C. No. 4119/88 stated that as she had taken the insurance agency in 1981 and the tenure was for a period of two years, she was no longer an agent. This is what finds place