Keywords: Fixed point theorems, compatible maps, A-compatible maps, T-compatible maps, reciprocal continuity, weak reciprocal continuity Department of Mathematics, D. S. B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital-263002, India * E-mail of the corresponding author: ravindra.bisht@yahoo.com The notion of reciprocal continuity is mainly applicable to compatible mapping satisfying contractive conditions. To widen the scope of the study of fixed points from the class of compatible mappings 27