JUDGMENT :

Manish Mathur, J.

1. Heard Sri G.C. Verma learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of opposite parties 1 to 5. As per office report dated 17.9.2004, no power has been filed on behalf of opposite party No. 6, i.e. the Committee of Management of Sri Shiv Sanatan Dharam Sanskrit Pathshala, Belwai, District Sultanpur, which, therefore, is unrepresented. However, the matter being old and with counter and rejoinder-affidavits having been already exchanged, the petition is being decided finally.

2. The present Writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the opposite parties to pay the prescribed salary and consequential benefit of service to the petitioner for the post of Principal of Sri Shiv Sanatan Dharam Sanskrit Pathshala, Belwai, District Sultanpur. Further reliefs of arrears of salary for the said post and for regularisation of services on the post of Principal of the said institution have also been claimed. However, in view of the subsequent developments also, learned counsel for the petitioner is not pressing the prayer with regard to regularisation of services.

3. As per the averments made in the writ petition, the Co