Dama Seshadri Naidu, J.

Having been placed under suspension through Ext.P14 dated 18.06.2014 and having been called upon to submit an explanation to the charges framed in Ext. P15 Memo dated 14.07.2014, the petitioner filed W.P.(C) No.22233 of 2014 assailing the said order of suspension as well as the directive of her employer to the petitioner to submit an explanation. At an earlier point of time, the petitioner filed W.P.(C) No. 19300 of 2014 seeking a host of reliefs, including that of continuing her in office despite the order of suspension. Today, both the matters have been taken up together for consideration and disposal. After making submissions, the learned counsel for the petitioner, however, sought leave of this Court to withdraw WP (C) No. 19300 of 2014. Accordingly, through a separate order, leave shall be granted. Now, the discussion shall be confined to WP (C) No. 22233 of 2014 alone.

THE SCOPE OF WRIT PETITION:

2. Since the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-employer has raised strenuous objections with regard to the very maintainability of the writ petition, this Court proposes to examine the issue of maintainability of the writ petition before going into