Mrs. Roshan Dalvi, J.— The Plaintiff is a teacher in the defendant No.2 school run by Defendant No.1 (The School). Defendant No.3 is another teacher in the School. The Plaintiff tendered his letter of resignation to the school on 25th August, 1993. The Principal of the School accepted resignation and the Plaintiffs service was terminated. The Plaintiff challenges the letter or resignation as having been obtained by coercion and upon the premise that it was not accepted by the Principal on the next day. The Plaintiff sought to withdraw his resignation by his letter dated 3rd September, 1993 on the ground that it was obtained by coercion.

The Plaintiff further sent a letter dated 3rd September, 1993 to the Principal of the school stating the same facts. The Plaintiff received the acceptance of his resignation from the school under the letter dated 26th August, 1993 after the Plaintiff sought to withdraw his resignation under his letter dated 3rd September, 1993. The Plaintiff claims that he received that letter on 7th September, 1993 anti-dated to 26th August, 1993.

2. The Plaintiff challenged his termination by his resignation on the ground that it was forcibly obtained befo