ORDER

1. A retired Judicial Officer of the State of Odisha had approached this Court by filing the writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India for quashing of the departmental proceedings initiated against her pursuant to a chargesheet dated 11/16.10.2021.

2. The facts in brief culled out from the record are that the Judicial Officer served as a Registrar of the Odisha Administrative Tribunal for the period from 28.06.2012 to 01.10.2015.

3. At the relevant point of time, during her service as Registrar of the Tribunal, an advertisement came to be published for the post of Caretaker dated 25.11.2012, pursuant to which the selection was held and later the suitable candidates came to be appointed.

4. The process of selection of 2012 came to be challenged before the Odisha Administrative Tribunal and that was dismissed by an order dated 01.03.2016. The order of the Tribunal was further challenged before the High Court by the unsuccessful candidates and that came to be dismissed by the High Court assigning cogent reasons by Judgment dated 14.02.2019.

5. The matter did not end at that stage. A fact-finding enquiry was initiated by the High Court on the Administrative Side to e