Against this order the management filed an appeal before the Director of Education and that was dismissed on May 12, 1976 affirming the order of remand passed by the Deputy Director.
On merits it is number disputed that neither the Deputy Director number the Director of Education had the power to review the orders passed by them earlier.
Instead of filing an appeal against that order, the management filed a review petition before the Deputy Director himself on October 17, 1975.
Aggrieved by the above order of reversion, the appellant filed an appeal before the Deputy Director of Education, Nagpur Division, Nagpur companytending that the enquiry had been vitiated on account of violation of principles of natural justice and that ha had never held the post of an Assistant Teacher to which he had been reverted.
The Director had numberpower to review his earlier order.
Aggrieved by the said order dated November 26, 1976, the appellant filed a writ petition before the High Court of Bombay on the principal ground that the Director had numberjurisdiction to review his earlier order of May 12, 1976 which he had dismissed the appeal against the order of the Deputy Director.
After hearing both the parties the Deputy Director of Education passed an order dated October 3, 1975 setting aside the decision of the management and remanding the case to the management for fresh decision on the ground that the enquiry had been vitiated on account of violation of principles of natural justice.
The order passed by the Deputy Director on October 3, 1975 remanding the case to the management for holding a fresh enquiry thus became final.
1 hat was rejected by the Deputy Director by his order dated November 11, 1975 on the ground that numbersuch review petition companyld be filed before him.
The Director had affirmed the order of the Deputy Director by his order dated May 12, 1976.
1, which was a private body.
On account of certain earlier events which need number be set out here the management instituted a disciplinary enquiry against the appellant and on July 7, 1975, the appellant was informed by the management that it had imposed on the appellant the punishment of reversion to the post of Assistant Teacher which according to the management was the substantive post held by him.
Venkataramiah J. Special Leave granted.
In the year 1975 the appellant was working as the Head Master of a High School which was being run by the Mundikota Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, respondent No.
