( 1. ) THE petitioner, M. D. Awasthi was initially appointed as an Engineer in Jabalpur Town Improvement Trust, a local authority constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Town Improvement Trust Act, 1960. On constitution of the Jabalpur Development Authority with effect from 11-1-1980 under the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Niwesh adhiniyam, 1973, the employees of the Jabalpur Town Improvement Trust became the employees of the Jabalpur Development Authority (J. D. A.) by force of Section 87 (1) (c) (iv) of the latter enactment. The terms and conditions of the employees so being transferred to the Jabalpur Development Authority remained the same. With the new employer, the petitioner came to be designated as Development Engineer. It is the petitioners allegations that as he could not cater to the taste of local politicians, they got annoyed and set out to harm the petitioner. Their earlier attempts proved futile but finally they could manage the petitioners transfer to Katni Town Improvement Trust by an order dated 23-6-1982 (Annexure-B) passed by the Chief Executive Officer of the j. D. A. The order also shows that it has approval of the Chairman of the J.