( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by one Bhagwat Saran srivas-tava, who had been appointed as a consolidator on 11-11-1955.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the petitioner, he had worked satisfactorily and that his record has been clean throughout. According to him on 20-4-1957 the Settlement Officer happened to be on an inspection tour in the petitioners circle. He required the Petitioners fortnightly diary which was in the custody of the Consolidation Officer, for inspection. During that period the petitioner had been recording, all the daily work on loose sheets of paper. He was also required to submit some further documents and the documents, according to the opposite party were not in accordance with rules. He was asked immediately to apply for leave for one month. Thereafter he was asked to get himself transferred. The same day opposite party No. 2 asked opposite party No. 3 to take charge from the petitioner in anticipation of leave. On 22-4-1957 the petitioner was asked to hand over charge to one Sukhdeo Lal Amin, (Consolidation ). The petitioner again joined on 22-5-57 in the forenoon. He was served with a notice to the following effe