evidently having regard to the recommendations of the enquiry officer the Government issued Ext.P3 order dated 20.8.1996 posting the respondent as Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Venereology in Medical College, Kozhikode. The respondent did not admittedly join duty even thereafter. He continued to be absent. In other words, he stuck to his stand in Ext.P2 written statement of defence that he would join duty only as Associate Professor, to which post he claimed he was legitimately entitled to be promoted. When the respondent did not join duty, the Government issued Ext.P4 show cause notice informing him that the Government have, based on the findings in the enquiry report and his conduct in not joining duty even after receipt of Ext.P3 posting order, provisionally decided to remove him from service as he continues to be unauthorisedly absent. The respondent was called upon to submit his reply to the show cause notice. The respondent submitted Ext.P5 reply. Even in Ext.P5 reply he had no case that he had joined duty or that he was willing to join duty. In Ext.P5 also, his contention was that no opportunity was given to him to join a post which he is entitled to get. The relevant portion of Ext.P5 reads as follows:-
