Judgment

SAWANT, J.- The admitted facts in the present case are that the respondent applied for Grade I and Grade II teacher posts (Post Graduate Teacher and Trained Graduate Teacher posts respectively) in September 1985 pursuant to a newspaper advertisement calling for applications for the said posts. Admittedly, the qualification prescribed in the advertisement for the said posts was a second class degree in MA, and the respondent held a third class degree in MA. However, it appears that on December 27, 1985, an order was issued wrongly by appellant 1 appointing her as a Post Graduate Teacher in Hindi. The order stated that her appointment was subject to the production of original certificates and to the compliance with the other necessary formalities. When purusant to the order, the respondent approached the authorities with the certificates, it was noticed that the respondent was not qualified for the post. She was, therefore, not allowed to join the service, and was sent back.

2. The respondent thereafter approached the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad representing to the Tribunal that pursuant to the order of December 27, 1985 she had joined her duties on Ja