ORAL JUDGMENT :-

1. The petitioners in the first petition are the management and Principal of the educational institution, who are aggrieved by the judgment dated 6.11.1996, delivered by the School Tribunal, Aurangabad, by which, Appeal No.156 of 1995, filed by respondent No.1 was allowed and he was granted reinstatement as a Full Time Lecturer in Philosophy (against S.T. category), for the academic year 1995-96. Respondent No.4 in the first petition has filed the second petition, challenging the same judgment of the School Tribunal, being apprehensive that if respondent No.1/ employee / original appellant is reinstated, he is likely to lose his employment.

2. By order dated 6.2.1997 the learned Division Bench of his Court admitted the Writ Petition and stayed the impugned judgment by granting interim relief in terms of prayer clause (B) in the first petition. By an order dated 24.3.2000 passed by this Court in Civil Application No.318 of 2000, filed by respondent No.4 herein, the Education Department was directed to grant approval to respondent No.4 and which was subject to the result of the petition.

3. I have considered the submissions of the learned Advocates for the respective si