N. K. MEHROTRA, J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to quash the impugned order of termination dated 13. 10. 1986, passed by the opposite party No. 3 Executive engineer, Minor Irrigation Division-I, Lucknow and for mandamus to hold the provisions of rule 4 read with Rule 9 and Rule 8 of the U. P. Regularisation of Ad hoc Appointments (On posts Outside the Purview of the Public Service Commission) Rules, 1979, as ultra vires and further a writ of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to allow the petitioner to continue in service without interruption and also to regularise the services of the petitioner in accordance with Regularisation Rules and give him full consequential benefits.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the petitioner, he was given appointment on the post of gotakhor by the opposite party No. 3 vide order dated 7. 5. 1983 (Annexure-1 ). He joined the post of "gotakhor" on 7. 5. 1983 and since then, he has been performing his duties without any complaint. His services were terminated vide order dated 13. 10. 1986 (Annexure-2) in accordance with the instructions contained in the U. P. Regularisation of Ad hoc Appointments (On Pos

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