( 1 ) THIS is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution. The precise relief which the applicant seeks is that this Court may be pleased to direct the opposite parties that the order of suspension passed by the Chairman of the District Board shall not be operative. It is further prayed that the opposite parties be prohibited by a writ of prohibition or any other suitable writ or direction from proceeding further with the enquiry initiated against the applicant. A further prayer embodied in the application is that an interim order may be passed restraining the opposite parties from enforcing the suspension order dated 8-9-1950, until the decision of this case.

( 2 ) IN order to understand the points which have arisen in this case a few facts are necessary. The applicant is the Secretary of the District Board of Mirzapur. His allegation is that in May 1951 he incurred the displeasure of a member of the Board, Shri Narsing Prasad Singh, and that thereafter that member made a complaint against him to the Chairman. Subsequently, the matter came up for consideration before the Executive Committee of the District Board on 15-5-1951. On that date the complaint of Shri N