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Note 2 to Rule 51A stipulates that manager should issue an order of appointment to the teacher by registered post acknowledgment due and give a period of 14 clear days to the teacher to join duty. The appointment under Note 2 to Rule 51 A, in our view, is a fresh appointment. It is not continuation of earlier appointment of a teacher. A teacher who was thrown out can claim a preferential claim for appointment. It is difficult to accept the contention of the 5th respondent that even though the teacher has been thrown out he still maintains his seniority in the school. The moment a teacher is thrown out he ceases to be in the service of the school. Only right protected is for a preference for reappointment in the same post. We are of the view counsel for the writ petitioner is right in contending that the word lien used in the Government Order G.O. (MS) 104/69/Edn. dated 6.3.1969 cannot be given the same meaning of the word lien used in the Kerala Service Rules. As held by this Court in Ananthan Piliai v. State of Kerala, AIR 1968 Kerala 234 there is no such thing as a lien on a service as such. A lien is always on a post so that by saying that a particular person has got a lien it can in no way be implied that he had a general lien entitling him to such promotion as he would have got had he remained in service. The lien on a post is acquired only when the employee has been confirmed and made permanent on that post but not earlier.