IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3762 OF 2007 DATE OF DECISION: February 13, 2008 Parties Name Kiran Sharma ..PETITIONER VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Manjeet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana, for the respondents. JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. Perusal of order Annexure R-1 indicates that the petitioner was working as Honorary Anganwari Worker. Complaints were received against her that she is in the habit of remaining absent and her work and conduct was not upto the mark. Many memos were issued to her to mend her behaviour. She failed and then, after giving a show cause notice, her service was terminated vide order dated February 1, 2007 ( P-10), which reads thus: “Smt. Kiran Sharma D/o Sh. Sushil Chandla attends the Anganwadi Centre according to her wishes. Many a times, she has been found absent on inspection by Supervisor and CDPO. On 07.02.2006, Smt. Kiran was found absent on inspection of the Anganwadi Centre by the Sub Divisional Officer, Kalka. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3762 OF 2007 -2- During the inspection by Deputy Inspector also Smt. Kiran was found absent from the centre. Thereafter, the Project Officer, Panchkula had issued show cause notice/opportunity of personal hearing to the worker. The reply of Smt. Kiran was not found satisfactory. Except this, the village level Sub Committee has also stated that the worker remains absent. Therefore, keeping in view the above facts, the services of Smt. Kiran are hereby terminated from the post of Voluntary Worker due to her intentional absence and in the welfare of the scheme from the date cited above.” In the above order, it has specifically been stated that on inspection, the petitioner was found absent on many dates and there were many complaints against her with regard to not attending the Anganwari Centre. Counsel for the petitioner states that on those days, she was on leave. Nothing has been said in this regard in the writ petition. However, in the written-statement, it has been stated in paras No. 2,3 and 4 that she was found absent many a times and by taking note of complaints against her, keeping in view terms and conditions of her appointment, order Annexure P-10 was passed. We are satisfied with the reply filed and feel that termination of service of the petitioner was perfectly justified. She was working on a temporary basis against fixed honorarium. No malafide has been shown against the official respondents in terminating the services of the petitioner. It has been alleged by the respondents, as a fact, that she was found absent on many days. No replication has been filed to the averments CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3762 OF 2007 -3- made in the written-statement. No case is made out for interference. Dismissed. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge ( Jaswant Singh) February 13, 2008. Judge DKC