JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Ms. Ruth Lalruatfeli, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Linda L. Fambawl, learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondents.

2. The facts of the case in brief is that the petitioner was appointed as Middle School Teacher on 10.06.1994 and was posted at Champhai Bethel Middle School. Due to her proficiency in computer and typing, she was attached to the office of Sub-Divisional Education Officer (North) on 25.02.2001 and thereafter, she was attached to the office of the Sub-Divisional Education Officer, Darlawn (SDEO, Darlawn) in the month of November, 2008. The SDEO Darlawn made work distribution vide Office Order dated 15.10.2014 to be effective immediately and the petitioner was allotted the file of Recurring Grants-in-Aid for Non-Govt. Middle Schools, Non-Recurring Grants of All Schools, U.C & APR’s of all kinds of GIA etc, Pay & Allowances of Hindi Teacher, Revenue Receipt, Pay & Allowances of Est., Pay & Allowances of Govt. M/S, Pay & Allowances of Govt. P/S, Pay and Allowances of H/T and the Pay roll Scheme. However, as the office of the SDEO Darlawn was a small establishment, the petitioner mainly functioned as a Computer Operator.

3. Th