( 1 ) THE petitioner has come up with a prayer to issue a direction to the respondents, respondent nos. 1, 2 and 4 in particular to ensure payment of salary to the petitioner with effect from december 1997 onwards along with interest thereon and also for quashing of the proceedings undertaken by respondent No. 4 for making appointment on the post of clerk in the institution which post is occupied by the petitioner.

( 2 ) THE institution in question is a Sanskirit Madavidyalaya affiliated to the Sampurnanand sanskirit University, Varanasi. The institution is on the grant in aid list of the State Government and the post of clerk has been created in the institution vide government orders referred to in the writ petition. The post of clerk was advertised against which the petitioner was appointed by the resolution of the committee of management dated 19. 9. 1982. There was some dispute in the institution in the year 1990 which subsided. However, the dispute again arose in the year 1995 and the petitioner under duress submitted a letter of resignation dated 9. 11. 1995 which letter has been appended as Annexure-3 to the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent No.