1. Heard Mr. R.C. Saikia, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. M.R. Adhikari, the learned Government advocate, Assam, for all the respondents.

2. The case of the petitioner may briefly be summarized at the outset.

3. The petitioner was appointed to the post of Lower Division Assistant under the Directorate of Sericulture Department and she joined the post on 1.7.19 94. She was confirmed to the post vide order dated 17.2.2004 with effect from 1.7.2003 (Annexure 1).

4. While she was serving in such capacity, the petitioner was served with a show-cause notice dated 30.6.2005 (Annexure 2), whereby, the following charges were made against her:

“(1) That while you were LDA in the Directorate of Sericulture, Assam, you did blackmail a Deputy Director of Sericulture, Assam, namely, Sri D.K. Saharia by forcibly kidnapping him by taking naked photographs jointly with him.

(2) You joined hand with an advocate, namely, Sri Pranjit Talukdar and forced Sri Saharia to sign a blank stamp paper demanding Rs. 50,000.

(3) You forced Sri Saharia to blackmail him sexually and took pornographic photograph with him.

(4) Being a married women you have a legal husband alive and you engaged you