JUDGMENT :

Lakshmaiah, J.—This is a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the issuance of a writ of certiorari for the purpose of quashing an order, G.O. Ms. No. 730 Health, dated April 15, 1972 passed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the, Ist respondent herein whereby the petitioner, Kumari R. De Sequaira, former Assistant Director of Medical and Health Service (Nursing) was directed to be dismissed from service.

2. The petitioner was appointed in the year 1937 in the former Hyderabad State as a staff nurse. She was promoted in the year 1947 to the gazetted post of senior matron, and in the year 1954, to the posit of Assistant Director Nursing in Medical and Health Department, and she continued in that post even subsequent to the formation of the Andhra Pradesh to which State she was allotted.

3. By G.O. Ms. No. 686, Health, dated March, 23, 1965, the petitioner was placed under suspension, pending an inquiry into certain charges of corruption against her. The case was referred to the Tribunal for disciplinary proceedings. The Tribunal framed six charges against her and found her guilty of charges 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The matter was then referred to