J U D G M E N T

The petitioner who retired from service as Assistant Educational Officer is aggrieved by Exts.P3, P4 and P13 by which a liability to the tune of Rs.51,960/- has been imposed against her. The circumstances under which the liability was fixed are the following:-

2. The petitioner was the Assistant Educational Officer of Thalasseri South and she retired from service on 31/03/2003. Two Schools, namely, the Kodiyeri Junior Basic School and the North Vayalalam L.P.School were under the administrative jurisdiction of the Assistant Educational Officer, Thalassery South. The test check for the year 2000- 2001 was conducted by the petitioner and the records and the strength of the students were verified. Later on, on 16/11/2000, the Super Check Cell visited the North Vayalalam L.P.School and they came to the conclusion that the pupils who were absent on that day were bogus/irregular admissions and that two posts out of 7 Teachers have to be reduced in terms of Rule 15 of Chapter 23 K.E.R. Ext.P1 is the proceedings issued by the Director of Public Instructions in this regard. Similarly, in respect of the other School also, i.e. Kodiyeri J.B School, Ext.P2 orders have been passe