Summarize the following court judgment. o. 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. Setalvad	 P. N. Tiwari J. B. Dadachanji and Co. for the appellant. R. K. Garg and section 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 validity 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 Lucknow 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 Committee 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 322 or order in the nature of certiorari and that in fact no principle 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. The appellant joined the service of the college as lecturer in 1946. He was promoted to the post of Head of the Department of Zoology 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 satisfactory 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 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. it is well settled that	 when there is a purported termination 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 Executive Committee of U.P. State Warehousing Corporation Ltd. vs Chandra Kiran Tyagi(1)] and Indian Airlines Corporation vs 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 servant in breach of the contract	 the employment is effectively terminated. In Ridge vs Baldwin(3)	 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 (1) ; (2) ; (3) (1965) Weekly Law Reports	 Vol 1	 79. 323 warranted by the contract he	 must pay damages for breach of contract. So the question in a pure case of master and servant does n ot 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 not to be holding an office or status in Vidyodaya University vs Silva(1). In that case the services of the respondent was brought to an end by a resolution of the University Council set up under the statute establishing the University. The resolution was admittedly passed without hearing the teacher. Under the statute	 the Council was empowered to institute professorships and every appointment was to be by an agreement in writing between the University 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 dismiss an officer or a teacher on grounds of incapacity or conduct which	 in the opinion of not less than two third of the members of the Council	 rendered him unfit to be an officer or a 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 ordinary contracts of master and servant and	 therefore	 the procedure of being heard 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 .writers (see Jaffe	 English and American Judges as Law Makers	 p. 26; S.A. de Smith	 Judicial Review of Administrative Action	 pp. 214 215; G. Ganz	 Public Law Principles applicable to Dismissal from Employment	 Modem Law Review	 Vol. 30 pp. 288291). Recently the House of Lords considered the question in Malloch vs Aberdeen Corporation (2) . That case concerned a teacher in Scotland who was dismissed by the Education Committee for the reason that he was not registered in terms of paragraph 2 of schedule 2 to the Teachers ' (Education	 Training and Registration) (Scotland) Regulations	 1967	 made under section (1) [1964] 3 All F.R. 865. (2) 324 2(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act	 1962	 and the amending 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 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 bizare. A specialist surgeon is denied protection which is given to hospital doctor; a University professor	 as a servant	 has been denied the right to be heard	 a dock laborer and an undergraduate have been granted it; examples can be multiplied [see Barber vs Manchester Regional Hospital Board 	 Palmar vs Inverness Hospitals Board of Management	 [1963]	 $.C. 311	 Vidyodaya University Council vs Silva 	 Vine vs National Dock Labour Board 	 Glynn vs Keele University 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 parties aspects the relationship may be called that of master and servant	 there may be essential procedural 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 vs Silva(1) : "It would not be necessary or appropriate to disagree with the procedural or even the factual basis on which this decision rests : but I must confess that I (1) 325 could not follow it in this country in so far as it involves a denial of any remedy of administrative law to analogous employments. Statutory 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 natu re of an office	 to attract appropriate remedies of administrative law. " Whether the decision in Vidyodaya University Council vs 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 section R. Tewari vs District Board	 Agra(2)	 this Court formulated the exceptions to the general rule that when there is a termination of a contract of service	 a declaration that the contract of service still subsisted would not be made	 by saying : "But this rule is subject 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 to compel the employer to employ a worker	 whom he does not desire to employ	 is recognised. The Courts are also invested with the power to declare invalid the act of a statutory body	 if by doing the act	 the body has acted in breach of a mandatory obligation imposed by the statute	 even if by making the declaration the body is compelled to do something which it does not desire to do." Mr. Setalvad contended that since the college in question is affiliated to a statutory body	 namely	 the University of Lucknow	and is governed by the relevant statutes and ordinances framed under the provisions of Lucknow University Act	 1920	 any violation of the statute or the ordinance in the matter of terminating the services of a teacher would attract the jurisdiction of 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 vs A. L. Pande and another("). The appellant before this Court in that case was a teacher in a college affiliated to the University of Saugar and managed by the Governing Body (1) (2) ; (3) 326 established under the provisions of the relevant ordinance made under the University of Saugar Act. Certain charges were framed against the appellant by the Principal of the College 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 terminated his services without holding any enquiry. The appellant 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) 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 defending 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 the appellant under clause 7 of the College Cod& which stated that all teachers of the college shall be appointed under a written contract in the form prescribed 	 that the provisions 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 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 "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 that does not mean that teachers have merely a contractual remedy against the Governing Body of the College. On the other hand	 we are of opinion that the 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 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 Article 226 327 followed 'as the night the day ' and the fact that the appellant had entered into a contract 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 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 enumerated. 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 for any particular procedure for dismissal or removal of a teacher for being incorporated in the contract. Nor does the model form 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 provided that : "the period of probation shall be one year unless extended 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 of the said College is satisfied that it is necessary to remove the said Lec turer 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 oppor tunity 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 college and the teacher concerned. It does not say that the terms and conditions have any legal force	 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 328 vigore no force of law. They become terms and conditions of 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 Jodh vs A. L. Pande and another(1)	 the terms and conditions of service embodied in clause 8 (vi) (a) of the 'College Code ' had the force of law 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. Therefore	 appellant cannot found a cause of action on any breach of the law but only on the breach of the contract. As 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 flavor and for its breach	 the appellant 's remedy lay elsewhere. Besides	 in order that the third exception to the general rule that no writ will lie to quash an order terminating a contract of service	 albeit illegally	 as stated in section R. Tewari vs District Board	 Agra(2) might apply	 it is necessary that the order must be the order of a statutory body acting in breach of a mandatory obligation imposed by a statute. The college	 or the Managing Committee in question	 is not a statutory body and so the argument of Mr. Setalvad that the case in hand will fall under the third exception 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 vs A. L. Pande and another(1)	 and	 therefore	 the fact that the college or the managing committee was not a statutory body was 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 opportunity to meet the charges against 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 costs. section N. Appeal dismissed.

The appellant joined as a lecturer in a College in U.P. On the hub 	of certain complaints 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 unsatisfactory and the Managing Committee passed a resolution for removal of the appellant from service. The relevant statutes governing the present case are Statutes 151	 152 and 153 framed under the provisions of the Lucknow University Act	 1920. The appellant filed a writ petition before the High Court challenging the validity of the resolution and a learned single judge finding that the Managing Committee acted in violation of the principles of natural justice	 quashed the resolution and allowed the writ petition. On appeal	 a Division Bench set aside the order of the learned single judge and dismissed the writ petition on the ground that no writ lies in the facts and circumstances of the case. The remedy of the appellant lay in a suit for damages. On behalf of the appellant it was contended that the appel lant had a statutory status	 that his services were terminated in violation of the provisions of the statutes passed 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 submitted that 	the appellant was not given a reasonable opportunity of defending himself against the charges. Statue 151 provides that a teacher of an associated College shall be appointed on a written contract and the contract shall provide the conditions mentioned there in addition to such other conditions as the associated College may include in the agreement. Clause 5 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 necessary to remove the said lecturer for misconduct or otherwise	 provided	 an opportunity is given to him by the Committee to give his explanation before a decision is arrived at. Dismissing the appeal. HELD : (1) When there is a purported termination of a contract of service	. a declaration that a contract of service 'still subsisted would not be made in the absence of special circumstances and courts do not ordinarily enforce specific performance of a contract of service. The remedy of the victim lies in a claim for damages	 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. vs Chandra Kiran Tyagi	 ; ; and Indian Airlines Corporation vs Sukh Dev Rai	 ; followed. (2) On a plain meaning of statute 151	 it is clear that it only provides that the terms and conditions mentioned therein must be incorporated in 321 the contract to be entered into between the College and the teacher concerned. It does not say that the terms and conditions have any legal force	 until: and unless they are embodied in an agreement. The terms and conditions of service mentioned in Statute 151 have proprio vigore	 no force of law. They become terms of service only by virtue of their being incorporated in a contract. Without the contract	 they have no vitality and can confer no legal right. Therefore	 the appellant cannot find a cause of action of any breach of law	 but only on the breach of the con tract	 for which a writ in the nature of ceritiorari will not lie [327 H] (3) A writ will lie when the order is the order of a statutory body acting in breach of a mandatory obligation imposed by a statute. The College or the Managing Committee in question	 is not a statutory body and so the High Court is right is dismissing the petition.[328 D] Further	 since the High Court has no jurisdiction	 it is not necessary to go into the question as to whether the appellant was given sufficient opportunity to meet the charges against him. [328 G] Prabhakar Ramkrishna Jodh vs A. L. Pande & anr. [1965] 2 S.C.R. 713	 and Vidyodaya University vs Silva discussed and distinguished.