IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.26444 of 2005 Between: K.C.Sumalatha D/o.Satyanarayana Porumamilla Mandal, Kadapa district ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Kadapa 2 The Project Director, District Women and Child Development Agency, Kadapa 3 The Child Development Project officer, I.C.D.S., Porumamilla, Kadapa district ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the impugned Proc.No.497- 3/A/2005, dated 7.11.2005 issued by the District Collector, Kadapa and quash the same as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and opposed to all canons of equity justice and fair play and hold that the petitioner is entitled to continue as Anganwadi Worker of Kovalakuntla village with all consequential benefits and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.D.BALA KISHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.26444 of 2005 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Certiorari to call for the records relating to Proceedings No.497-3/A/2005, dated 7-11-2005 issued by the 1st respondent-District Collector, Kadapa and to quash the same as arbitrary and illegal; consequently direct the respondents to continue the petitioner as Anganwadi Worker of Kavalakuntla village with immediate effect. It appears, petitioner passed SSC and was appointed as Anganwadi Worker in I.C.D.S., Kavalakuntla in the month of August,2003, after subjecting to regular selection process. According to her, she had also worked earlier as Instructor in Early Child Education Centre, Kavalakuntla from 1-4-2001 till she was selected as Anganwadi Worker. She was also deputed for training from 6-3-2004 to 28-4-2004. Since the date of appointment, she has been discharging her duties with all devotion and without any room for complaints. While that being so, 1st respondent issued impugned Proceedings dated 7-11-2005 terminating her service without any justification or reasonable cause and on untenable ground that she had given false information and studying Degree on regular basis, which is absolutely far from truth and baseless. According to the petitioner, the impugned orders were issued on the basis of an ill-conceived notion and motivated complaint made by local leaders. Further, the Principal, Krishna Sarada Degree College, Porumamilla had issued a certificate that she was not studying in their college on regular basis and, therefore, there is absolutely no truth in the allegation that she was studying Degree regularly. Further, the allegation that she is irregularly attending to her duties is also wholly false. According to her, she is discharging her duties sincerely. Petitioner submitted her explanation to the Memo dated 22-3-1995, wherein she has stated that she was studying degree privately and attending for examination with oral permission of the Supervisor and she is not a regular student of Krishna Sarada Degree College, Porumamilla and requested to drop further action. Only if an enquiry is made with the students and parents, it would be clearly known as to whether she was attending regularly and discharging her duties or not. According to her, she has been running the center with utmost care and dedication and there is no truth in the allegation that she is irregular in attending to her duties. Further, the impugned order has been issued without conducting any enquiry and without giving reasonable opportunity. It appears, the whole action has been initiated only at the instance of the local leaders and no one from the village has been examined nor any detailed enquiry was conducted into the matter. Except making allegations, there is no evidence to come to the conclusion that the petitioner was not properly attending to her duties. Though a counter is filed, the allegation that no regular detailed enquiry was conducted into the matter to establish that the petitioner was guilty of the charges, is not denied. In view of the above, I am of the opinion that the impugned order is passed in gross violation of principles of natural justice and on this ground alone, the impugned Order is liable to be set aside and is accordingly set aside. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is allowed and the respondents are directed to reinstate the petitioner as Anganwadi Worker of Kavalakuntla forthwith. No order as to costs. 04-4-2008 prk