1While O. P. No. 8965/93 is at "the instance of the Manager, Amrita Sanskrit Higher Secondary School, O. P. No. 15421/93 is at the instance of 3 teachers who are working as U.P.S.A. in the above School. Challenge in these Original Petitions is against a Government Order dated 28th June 1993 produced as Ext. P-12 in O. P. No. 8965/93 and Ext. P-4 in .O. P. No. 15421/93. Since the issues raised in these Original Petitions arc the same the petitions arc being disposed of under a common judgment. Reference is made to the Exhibits as they are marked in O. P. No. 8965/93.

2 Amrita Sanskrit Higher Secondary School is an aided High School having a High School Section as well as a Upper Primary Section, The 3rd respondent was initially appointed as High School Assistant (Sanskrit) from 15th January 1985 to 1st March 1985 in a leave vacancy. The above appointment was duly approved. - Later "he was regularly appointed as High School Assistant (Sanskrit) with effect from 15th July 1985. Even though the above appointment was also approved, he had to be retrenched during the academic year 1991-92 on reduction of certain posts in the School.

3 1st Petitioner in O. P. No. 15423/91 was working as Hi