JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition has been filed calling in question the legality, validity and correctness of order dated 13/11/2020 (Annexure P/1) issued by respondent No. 1 by which petitioner’s appointment on the post of Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, Rajnandgaon has been terminated.

2. The aforesaid challenge has been made on the following factual backdrop :-

2.1. It is the case of the petitioner that she had applied for the post of Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, Rajnandgaon and after verification of her documents and after conducting her interview, by following proper selection procedure, the selection list was published on 02/11/2020 (Annexure P/3) and petitioner got selected for the said post. She gave her joining on the said post on 04/11/2020 (Annexure P/4), but thereafter, on 13/11/2020 (Annexure P/1), the impugned order has been passed by respondent No. 1 terminating her services without even issuing show cause notice and without conducting any enquiry as mandated by Section 27(7) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (hereinafter, ‘the Act of 2015’). As such, the impugned order (Annexure P/1) is absolutely arbitrary and is violat