# [1972] 3 S.C.R. 320

- **Citation:** [1972] 3 S.C.R. 320
- **Court:** Supreme Court of India
- **Decided:** 1970-04-13
- **Bench:** K. s. llEGDE, P. Jaganmohan R, Eddy, K. K. Mathew
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/1972-3-s-c-r-320-5538
- **Pages:** 9

## Headnote

Contract of service-Whether Courl,< enforce specific performance of
contract of service-;/ not, Its remedy.
'Tue appellant joined as a lecturer in a College in U.P. On the baaia
of certain complaints received by the Manaser of the Collese, cbaraeo
were framed '1gainst him and his explanation was called for. He submitted
an explanation. The explanation was found unsatisfactory and the Managing Committee passed a molution for removal of the appellant from
service. The relevant smtutes governing the present case are Statutes 151,
152 and 153 framed under tho provisions of the Lucknow University Act,
1920. The appellant filed a wnt petition before the HIJ!h Court challeng·
ing the validity of the reoolu.tion and a learned single Judge finding that
the Managing Committee acted in violation of the principles of natrftl
justice, qusshed the resolution and allowed the writ petition. On appeal,
a Division Bench set aside the order of the learned single judge and dis·
miased the writ petition on the ground that no writ lies in the facts Cll!.d
c!rclll!\lltances of the case. The remedy of the appellant lay in a suit fol'
damages.
On behalf of the appellant it was contended that the appellant had a
statutory status, that his services were terminated in violation of the provisionA Of the statutes pas!ed under the Lucknow University Act, 1920 and
therefore, the High Court was wrong in its conclusions that no writ of
certiorari would lie against the respondent It was further 111bmitted ·that
the appellGDt was not given a reasonable opportunity of defending hirmelt
against the charges. Statute 151 provides that a teacher of an associated
College shall be o.ppointed on a written contract and the contract ahall
provide the conditions mentioned there in addition to such other condl·
tions as the associated College may include in the agreement Oause S
of the agreement provides that the Managing Committee may dispense
with the services of a lecturer without notice if the Committee is satisfied
that it is neoess:iry to remove the said lectu= for misconduct or other·
wi•e, provided, an opportunity is given to him by the Committee to give
his explanation before a decision is arrived at.
Dismissing the appeal.
HELD : (I) When there is a purported termination of a contract of
service, a declaration that o. contract of service still subsisted would not
be made in the absence of special circumstances and courts do not ordi·
narily enforce specific performance of a contract of service. The remedy
of the victim lies in a claim for d'3.ntages, not a claim for a declaration
that the contract of service still subsisted. [322 E-F]
Executive Committee of U.P. State Warehousing Corporation Ltd. v.
Chandra Kiran Tyagi, [1970] 2 S.C.R. 250; and Indian AMlnes Corp01wtlon v. Sukh Dev Rai, A.I.R. 1971 S.C. 1828 followed.
(2) On a plain meaning of statute lSl, it is cilear that it only provides
that the telrms and conditions mentioned therein must be incorporated in
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the contract to be entered into between the College and the teacher con·
cel'ned. It does not say that the terms and conditions have any legal force,
until and unless they are embodied in an '1greement. The terms and con·
ditions of service. mentioned in Statute I 51 have proprio vigore, no fon:e
of law.
They becom~ terms of ~ice only by virtue of their being in•
corporated in a contract. Without the cpntract, they have no vitality and
can confer no legal right.
Therefore, the 3ppellant cannot find a cause
of action of any breach of law, but only on the breach of the contract,
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for which a writ in the nature of ceritiorari will not lie [327 H]
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(3) A writ will lie when the order is the order of a statutory body
<!Cling in brea.Cti of a mandatory obligation imposed by a statute.
The
College or the Managing Committee in question, is not a statutory body
and f'O the High Court is right is dismissing the petition. f328 DJ
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320
VIDYA RAM MISHRA
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MAi"'iAGING COMMITI'EE, SHRI JAi NARAIN COLLEGE.
JalfWJry 31, 1972
[K. s. llEGDE, P. JAGANMOHAN R,EDDY AND K. K. MATHEW, JJ.]
Contract of service-Whether Courl,< enforce specific performance of
contract of service-;/ not, Its remedy.
'Tue appellant joined as a lecturer in a College in U.P. On the baaia
of certain complaints received by the Manaser of the Collese, cbaraeo
were framed '1gainst him and his explanation was called for. He submitted
an explanation. The explanation was found unsatisfactory and the Managing Committee passed a molution for removal of the appellant from
service. The relevant smtutes governing the present case are Statutes 151,
152 and 153 framed under tho provisions of the Lucknow University Act,
1920. The appellant filed a wnt petition before the HIJ!h Court challeng·
ing the validity of the reoolu.tion and a learned single Judge finding that
the Managing Committee acted in violation of the principles of natrftl
justice, qusshed the resolution and allowed the writ petition. On appeal,
a Division Bench set aside the order of the learned single judge and dis·
miased the writ petition on the ground that no writ lies in the facts Cll!.d
c!rclll!\lltances of the case. The remedy of the appellant lay in a suit fol'
damages.
On behalf of the appellant it was contended that the appellant had a
statutory status, that his services were terminated in violation of the provisionA Of the statutes pas!ed under the Lucknow University Act, 1920 and
therefore, the High Court was wrong in its conclusions that no writ of
certiorari would lie against the respondent It was further 111bmitted ·that
the appellGDt was not given a reasonable opportunity of defending hirmelt
against the charges. Statute 151 provides that a teacher of an associated
College shall be o.ppointed on a written contract and the contract ahall
provide the conditions mentioned there in addition to such other condl·
tions as the associated College may include in the agreement Oause S
of the agreement provides that the Managing Committee may dispense
with the services of a lecturer without notice if the Committee is satisfied
that it is neoess:iry to remove the said lectu= for misconduct or other·
wi•e, provided, an opportunity is given to him by the Committee to give
his explanation before a decision is arrived at.
Dismissing the appeal.
HELD : (I) When there is a purported termination of a contract of
service, a declaration that o. contract of service still subsisted would not
be made in the absence of special circumstances and courts do not ordi·
narily enforce specific performance of a contract of service. The remedy
of the victim lies in a claim for d'3.ntages, not a claim for a declaration
that the contract of service still subsisted. [322 E-F]
Executive Committee of U.P. State Warehousing Corporation Ltd. v.
Chandra Kiran Tyagi, [1970] 2 S.C.R. 250; and Indian AMlnes Corp01wtlon v. Sukh Dev Rai, A.I.R. 1971 S.C. 1828 followed.
(2) On a plain meaning of statute lSl, it is cilear that it only provides
that the telrms and conditions mentioned therein must be incorporated in
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the contract to be entered into between the College and the teacher con·
cel'ned. It does not say that the terms and conditions have any legal force,
until and unless they are embodied in an '1greement. The terms and con·
ditions of service. mentioned in Statute I 51 have proprio vigore, no fon:e
of law.
They becom~ terms of ~ice only by virtue of their being in•
corporated in a contract. Without the cpntract, they have no vitality and
can confer no legal right.
Therefore, the 3ppellant cannot find a cause
of action of any breach of law, but only on the breach of the contract,
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for which a writ in the nature of ceritiorari will not lie [327 H]
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(3) A writ will lie when the order is the order of a statutory body
<!Cling in brea.Cti of a mandatory obligation imposed by a statute.
The
College or the Managing Committee in question, is not a statutory body
and f'O the High Court is right is dismissing the petition. f328 DJ
Further, since the High Court has no jurisdiction, it is not necessary
to go into the question as to whether the 3ppellant was given sufficient
opportunity to meet the charges against him. [328 G)
Prabhakar Ramkrishna Jodh v. A. L. Pande & anr. [1965] 2 S.C.R.
713, and Vidyodaya University v. Silva [1964) A.E.R. 865 discussed and
distinguished.
·CIVIL APPBLLATB JURISDICTION : C.A. No. 2 Of 1972.
Appeal by Special Leave from the judgment and order dated
April 13, 1970 of the Allahabad High Court in Special Appeal
No. 1074 of 1968.
M. C. Seta/vad, P. N. Tiwari, I. B. Dadachanji and Co. for the
appellant.
R. K. Garg and S. C. Agarwal, for the respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by
Mathew, J, The appellant filed a writ petition before the
High Court of Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, challenging the vali-
. dity of a resolution passed on 12-11-1967 by ·the Managing Committee of the Jai Narain College, Lucknow, formerly known as
Kanyakubja Degree College, an associated college of the Luck·
now University, terminating his services, and praying for issue of
an appropriate writ or order quashing the resolution. A learned
single judge of that Court, finding that in terminating the services,
the Managing COlllDlittee acted in violation of principles of
natural justice, · quashed the resolution and allowed the Writ petition: The Managing Committee appealed against the order. A
Division Bench of the High Court found that · the relationship
between the College and the appellant was that of master and
servant and that even if the service of the appellant has been
terminated in breach of the audi alteram partem rule of natural
justice, the remedy of the appellant was to file a suit for damages
and not to apply under Article 226 of the Constitution for a writ
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or order in the nature of certiorari and that in fact no principle
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of natural justice was violated by ·terminating the services· of the
appellant as the appellant was given an opportunity of submitting
his explanation to the charges.
The Bench, therefore, set aside
the order of the learned single judge and dismissed the writ petition. It is from this judgment that the appeal has been preferred by special leave.
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The appellant joined the service of the college as lecturer· in
1946. He was promoted to the post of Head of the Department
of Z.Oology in 1959 .. on the basis of certain complaints against
him received by the Manager of the College, charges were framed against him and his explanation was called for.
He submitted
an explanation. The explanation was found not to be satisfacC
tory and the Managing Committee . passed
a
resolution on
12-11-1967 for removal of the appellant from service.
As
already stated, this was the resolution challenged by the appellant
in the writ petition.
On behalf of .the appellant, Mr. M. C. .Setalvad, contended
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that the appellant had a statutory status, that his services were
terminated in violation of the provisions of statutes passed under
the· Lucknow University Act, 1920 and, therefore the High court
was wrong in its conclusions that no application for a writ or
order in the nature of certiorari would lie.
He further submitted
that the appellant was not given a reasonable opportunity of
defending himself against the charges.
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It is well settled that, when there is a purported termin@on
of a contract of service, a declaration that the contract of service
still subsisted would not be made in the absence of special circumstances, because. of the principle that Courts do not ordinarily enforce specific performance of. contracts of service [see
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Executive. Committee of U.P. State.Warehousing Corporation Ltd.
v. Chandra Kiran Tyagi(')] and Indian Alr/ine,r Corporation v.
Sukhdeo Rai('). If the master "rightfully ends
the
contract,
.there can be no complaint. If the master wrongfully ends the
contract, then the servant can ·pursue a claim for ·. damages.
So
even if the master wrongfully dismisses the 11Crvant in breaCh. of
the contract, the employment
is
effectively
terminated. In
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Ridge v. Baldwin(•), Lord Reid said in his Speech:
''The law regarding master and· servant is not in
doubt.
There cannot be specific performance of a
contract of service, and the master can terminate the
contract with his servant at any time and for any reason or for none.
But if he does so in a manner not
(I) (1970) 2 S.C.R 250.
(l) A.I.R. 1971 S.C. 1828,
(3) (l!l6S) Weekly Law Report!, Vol I, 79.
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warranted by the contract he must pay damages mr
brcach of contract.
So the question in a pure case of
master and servant does not at all depend on whether
the master has heard the servant in his own defence; it
depends on whether the facts emerging at the trial prove
breach of contract. But this kind of case can resemble
dismissal from an office where the body employing the
man is under some statutory or other restriction as to
the kind of contract which it can make with its ser~
vants, or the grounds on which it can dismiss them."
A teacher appointed by a University constituted under a
statute was held n.ot to be holding an office or status in VidyoC
daya University v. Silva(')
In tha: case the services of the respondent was brought to an end by a resolution of the University
Council set up under the statute establisliing the University. The
resolution was admittedly passed without hearing the teacher.
Under the statute, the Council was empowered to institute professorships and every a.{lpoinment was to be by an agreement in
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writing between the Umversity and the professor and was to be
for such period and on such terms as the Council might resolve.
Under section 18 ( e) of the Act, the Council had the power to
disiniss an. officer or a teacher on grounds of incapacity or con•
duct which, in the opinion of not less than two-thirds --of the
mem\lers of the Council, rendered him unfit to be an officer or a
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teacher of the University. Such a resolution with the requisite
majority was passed. The Act gave no right to the teacher of
being heard by the Council. The Privy Council held that the
mere circumstances that the University was established by the
statute and was regulated by statutory enactments contained in
the Act did not mean that the contracts of employment made with
teachers, though subject to section 18 ( e), were other than ordi- ·
nary contracts of master and servant and, therefore, the procedure
of being hearcl invoked by the respondent was not available to
him and no writ could be issued against ·the University.
The decision in this case has been criticised by academic
writel'S {see Jaffe, English and American Judges as Law Makers,
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p. 26; S.A. de Smith, Judicial Review of Administrative Action,
pp. 214-215; G. Ganz, Public Law Principles applicable to Dismissal from Employment, Modern Law Review, Vol. 30 pp. 288291). Recently the House 0f Lords considered the question in
Malloch v. Aberdeen Corporation('). That case concerned a
teacher in Scotland who was dismissed by the Education Committee for the reason that he was not registered in tenns of paraH
graph 2 of schedule 2 to the Teachers' (Education, Training and
Registration) (Scotland) Regulations, 1967, made under section
!I) !1964] 3 All E.R. 865.
(2) (1971) 1 W.L,Q.. IS7S,
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2(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1962, and the amending
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regulation 4(2) of the Schools (Scotland) Code, 1956. In an
action against the education authority, he claimed that the purported dismissal was a nullity in that it was contrary to natural
justice since he had not been given a hearing.. It was held
(Lord Morris and Lord Guest dissenting) that the teacher had
a right to be heard before he was dismissed as according to the
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majority he was holding an office.
In the course of his speech,
Lord Wilberforce made certain observations :
"A comparative list of situations in which persons
have been held entitled or not entitled to a hearing, or
to observation of rules of natural justice, according to
the master and servant test, looks illogical and even
bizarre. A specialist surgeon is
denied protection
which is given to a hospital doctor; a University professor, as a servant, has been denied the right to be
heard, a dock labourer and an undergraduate have been
granted it; examples can be multiplied [see Barber v.
Manchester Regional Hospital Board (1958) 1 W.L.R.
181, Palmar v. Inverness Hospitals Board of Management, [1963], S.C. 311, Vidyodaya University Council
v. Silva (1965) 1 W.L.R. 77, Vine v. National Dock
Labour Board [1957] A.C. 488, Glynn v. Keele University (1971) 1 W.L.R. 487].
One may accept that
if there are relationships in which all requirements of
the observance of rules of natural justice are excluded
(and I do not wish to assure that this is inevitably so),
these must be confined to what have been called "pure
master and servant cases", which I take to mean cases
in which there is no element of public employment or
service, no support by statute, nothing in the nature of
an office or a status which is capable of protection. If
any of these elements exist, then, in my opinion, whatever the terminology used, and even though in some
inter partes aspects the relationship may be called that
of master and servant, there may be essential procedu-·
ral requirements to be observed, and failure to observe:
them may result in a dismissal being declared to be
void."
and then he said as regards the decision in Vidyodaya University
Council v. Silva(') :
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which this decision rests : but I must confess that I
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could not. follow it in this country in so far as it involves
a denial of any remedy of administrative law to anologous employments. Statutocy provisions
similar
to
those on which the employment rested would tend to
show, to my mind, in England or in ScOtland, that it
was one of a sufficiently public character, or one partaking sufficiently of the nature of an office, to attract ·
appropriate remedies of administrative law."
Whether the decision in Vidyodaya University Council v.
Silva ( 1) is correct or not, in this case, we think there was no
element of public employment, nothing in the nature of an office
or status which is capable of protection.
In S. R. Tewari v. Disll:ict Board, Agra('), this Court formulated the exceptions to the general rule ·that when there is a
termination of a contract of service, a declaration that the conract of service still subsisted would not be made, by saying :
"But this rule is sub.iect to certain well recognised
exceptions. It is open to the Courts, in an appropriate case, to declare that a public servant who is dismissed from service in contravention of Article 311
continues to remain in service, even though by so doing
the State is in effect forced to continue to employ the
servant whom it does not desire to employ. Similarly,
under the industrial law, jurisdiction of the labour and. --
industrial tribunals t:O compel the employer to employ
a worker, whom he does not desire to employ, is recognised. _ The Courts are also mvested with the
power to declare invalid the act of a statutocy body, if
by doing the act, the body has acted in breach of a
mandatory obligation imposed by the statute, even if
by malcing the declaration the body is compelled to do
something which it does not desire to do."
Mr. Setalvad contended that since the con.e in queetion Is
affiliated to a statutocy body, namely, the University of Lucknow,
and is governod by the relevant statutes and ordinances framed
under the provisions of Lucknow University Act, 1920, &n)'
violation of the statute or the ordinance in the matter of termi·
nating the services of a teacher would attract the jurisdiction ol
the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution as. statutes
and ordinances have the force of law. In support of this, counsel relied upon the decision of this Court in Prabhakar Ramakrishna Jodh v. A. L. Pande and another('). The , appeJlant
before this Court in that case was a teacher in a college affiliated
to the University of Saugar and managed by the Governing Body
(I) (19641 3 All E.R. 865,
(2) (19641 3 S.C.R. SS.
(3) (19651 2 S.C.R. 713,
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established under the provisions of the relevant ordinance made A
under the University of Saugar Act. Certain charges were
framed against the appellant by the Principal of the Collc:ge and
he was asked to submit his explanation. The appellant in his
explanation denied all the charges and requested for particulars
on which one of the charges was based.
The particulars were
not supplied and the Governing Body ter\ninated his services a
without holding any enquiry. The appellilnt moved the High
Court under Article 226 of the Constitution for a writ quashing
the order of the Governing Body and for his reinstatement.
He
contended that the Governing Body had made the order in violation of the provisions of Ordinance 20, otherwise called the
'College Code', framed under section 32 of the University of
Saugar Act read with section 6(6) of that Act.
Clause 8(vi) (a)
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of the College Code provided that the Governing Body of the
college shall not terminate the services of a confirmed teacher
without holding an enquiry and without giving him an opportunity of defe9ding himself.
The High Court held that the conditions of service of the appellant were governed not by the 'College
Code' but by the contract made between the Governing Body and D
the appellant under clause 7 of the College Code-which stated
that all teachers of the college shall be appointed under a written
contract in the form prescribed-, that the provision8 of the
'College Code' were merely conditions prescribed for affiliation
of colleges and that no legal rights were created by the 'College
Code' in favour of the teachers of the affiliated colleges as against E
the Governing Body.
The High Court, therefore, dismissed the
petition.
In appeal to this Court it was held that the 'College
Code' had the force of law and that it not merely regulated the
legal relationship between the affiliated colleges and .the University but also conferred legal rights on the teachers of affiliated
colleges.
The Court further said
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"It is true that Clause 7 of the Ordinance provides
that all teachers of affiliated colleges shall be 'appointed
on a written contract in the form prescribed in Sch. A
but th_at does not mean that teachers have merely a con- ·
tractual remedy against the Governing Body of the
College.
On the other hand, we are of opiniqn that the
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provisions of Clause 8 of the Ordinance relating to
security of the tenure of teachers are part and parcel of
the teachers' service conditions ...... "
When once this Court came to the conclusion that .the • 'College
Code' had the force of law and conferred rights on the teachers H
of affiliated colleges, the right to challenge the order terminating
the services of the appellant, passed in violation of clause 8(vi)
(a) of the 'College Code' in a proceeding under Articls 226
v. R. MISHRA v. JAi NARAIN COLLEGE (Mathew, J.)
327
A followed 'as the night the day' and the fact that the appellant had
entered into a \)Ontract was considered as immaterial.
In the case in hand, the position is entirely different,
The
relevant statutes governing this case are statutes 151, 152 and·
153, framed under the provisions of the Lucknow University Act,
1920. Statute 151 provides that teachers of an Associated
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College including the principal shall be appointed on written
contract and that the contract shall inter alia provide the conditions mentioned therein in addition to such other conditions not
inconsistent with the Act and the statutes as an Associated
College may include in its own form of agreement.
Then the
conditions as regards salary, age of retirement, etc., are enumeC rated, The statute then goes on to specify the grounds on which
a teacher's services can be terminated.
Statute 152 states that
the form of agreement to be adopted by each college shall be
approved by the Executive Council before it is put in force.
Statute 153 provides for a form of agreement which shall serve
as a model.
It may be noted that statute 151 does not provide
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for any particular procedure for dismissal or removal of a teacher for being incorporated in the contract. Nor does the model
fotm of. contract lay down any particular procedure for that purpose.
The appellant had entered into an agreement when he was
employed in the college.
Clause 5 of the agreement pr<wlded
that:
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''the period of probation shall be one year unless
.ixtended by the Managing Committee and the College
may at any time during the said period of probation
put an end to this engagement, or if service shall continue beyond the said term, at any time thereafter, dispense with the services of the said Lecturer without
notice, if the Managing Committee oLthe said College
is satisfied that it is necessary to remove the said Lecturer for misconduct,
insubordination or habitual
neglect of duty on the part of the said Lecturer or in
case any of the conditions herein specified have been
broken by the said Lecturer provided that an opportunity is given to him by the. said Managing Committee
to give his explanation before a decision is arrived at."
On a plain reading statute 151, it is clear that it only provides that the terms and conditions mentioned therein must be ·
incorporated in ··the contract to be entered into between the
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college and the teacher concerned. It does not say that the terms
and conditions have any legal forcie, until and unless they are
embodied in an agreement.
To put it in other words, the terms
and conditions of service mentioned in Statute 151 have proprio
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vigore no force of law.
'They become terms and conditions of A
service only by virtue of their being incorporated in the contract.
Without the contract, they have no vitality and can confer no
legal rights.
Whereas in the case of Prabhakar Ramakrishna J odh v. A.
L. Pande and another('), the terms and conditions of service B
embodied in clause 8(vi)(a) of the 'College Code' had the force
of Jaw apart from the contract and conferred rights on the appellant there, here the terms and conditions mentioned in Statute
151 have no efficacy, unless they are incorporated in a contract.
Therefor!l, appellant cannot found a cause of action on any
breach of the Jaw but only on the breach of the contract.
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already indicated, Statute 151 does not lay down any procedure
for removal of a teacher to be incorporated in the contract; So,
clause 5 of the contract can, in no event, have even a statutory
flavour and for its breach, the appellant's remedy lay elsewhei:.
Besides, in order th11t the third exception to the genenil rule D
that no writ will lie to quash an order tennlnating a contract of
service, albeit illegally, as stated in S. R. Tewari v. District Board,
Agra(') might apply, it is necessary that the order must be the
order of a statutory body acting in breach of a mandatory obliga·
tion imposed by a statute.
The college, or the Managing Com·
mittee in question, is not a statutory body and so the argument of
Mr. Setalvad that the case in hand will fall under the third excepI
tion cannot be accepted.
The contention of counsel that this
Court has sub silentio sanctioned the issue of a writ under Article
226 to quash an order terminating services of a teacher passed
by a college similarly situate in Prabhakar Ramakrishna Jodh v.
A. L. Pande and another( 1), and, therefore, the fact that the
college or the managing committee was not a statutory body was r
no hindrance to the High Court issuing the writ prayed for by
the appellant has no merit as this Court expressly stated in the
judgment ,that no such contention was raised in the High Court
and so it cannot be allowed to be raised in this Court.
In this view of the matter, it is quite unnecessary to go into
the question whether the appellant was . given sufficient opportu· G
nity to meet the charges agamst him.
We hold that the High Court was right in its view that the
writ petition was incompetent.
We,
therefore,
dismiss
the
appeal but, in the circumstances, we make no order as to cos_ts.
S. N.
(I) [1965] 2 $.C.R.. 7!3,
Appeal dismissed
(2) [1964] 3 S.CR. 6SS.
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