( 1 ) (MAJORITY view):- The question as framed for decision by the Full Bench is as follows :"whether Section 16-G (3) (a) of U. P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921, is applicable to a recognised and Government aided minority institution which provides for taking of the prior approval of the District Inspector of Schools in writing before discharging, removing or dismissing from service or reducing in rank or subjecting to any diminution in emoluments or terminating the service of a teacher of a recognised institution under the Act?"

( 2 ) THE necessary facts leading to making the reference to the Full Bench may be stated briefly. Sri Guru Nanak Deo Girls Inter College, Saharanpur is a minority institution. It is aided by the State Government. Smt. J. K. Kalra, the petitioner, was appointed as a teacher by the Committee of Management of Sri Guru Nanak Deo Inter College, Saharanpur on 8/07/1954 and confirmed on the said post on 8/07/1955. She was promoted as Principal of the said college on 22-7-1957 and later on she was confirmed on the said post by the order of the Joint Director of Education, U. P. , Lucknow.

( 3 ) THE Committee of Management received a complaint d