ORDER :

VIPUL M. PANCHOLI, J.

1. This appeal is filed under Section 15 of the Letters Patent by the appellants-original respondents, challenging the judgment and order, Dated: 16.02.2022, passed by the learned Single Judge in Special Civil Application No. 17145 of 2019, whereby, the petition filed by the original petitioner-opponent, herein, came to be allowed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the opponent came to be appointed on the post of Sub- Registrar, Grade-II, Class-III, vide order dated 17.12.2013, on fixed term basis by appellant No.2.

2.1 It appears that in the year 2018, an FIR, being, C.R. No. 15/2018, came to be registered against the Opponent with ACB Police Station, Gandhinagar, for the offence punishable under Sections 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (in brief, ‘the Act’).

2.2 Pursuant to the registration of the aforesaid FIR, the services of the opponent came to be terminated vide order dated 21.01.2019, by placing reliance on Condition No.12 of the appointment order of the opponent.

2.2.1 Condition No.12 of the appointment order dated 17.12.2013 provides that during the tenure of engagement of the opponent, if, her services are found to be unsatisfact