JUDGMENT

The petitioner has approached this Court with the following prayers :

i) to issue a Writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to quash Ext.P13 order issued by the Assistant Education Officer, Alathur;

ii) to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing respondents 2 and 3 to deploy respondents 6 to 10 to any other school where there is dearth of teachers ;

iii) to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the 2nd respondent to refix the liability on verifying the factual aspects as well as the undertaking given by respondents 6 to 10 as per Exts.P6 to P10 and consequential orders in this regard may be issued exonerating the petitioner from the liability fixed on him as per Ext.P13;

iv) to grant such other and further reliefs as this Honourable Court may consider just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, the liability has been fixed upon the petitioner to an unconscionable extent of Rs.128,563/- as per Ext.P13; that too, without proper physical verification of the records or by giving an opportunity o