JUDGMENT

(R.HEMALATHA, J.)

This writ petition is filed by the petitioner, Dhanalakshmi, formerly Special Public Prosecutor of Fast Track Mahila Court, Thiruvallur. She has sought for quashing the impugned order in G.O.Ms.No.1214 dated 16.10.2019 in which her services as Special Public Prosecutor was terminated with immediate effect.

2.Briefly the facts of the case is elicited below :

The petitioner was appointed as Special Public Prosecutor of Fast Track Mahila Court, Thiruvallur vide G.O.(D) No.680 Home (Cts VIA) Department dated 02.09.2015 on temporary basis and subsequently was appointed to the same post for a period of three years vide G.O.(D) No.42, Home (Courts - VIA) Department dated 08.01.2018. According to her, she was sincere and hardworking and out of 439 cases disposed, she was instrumental in ensuring conviction and severe punishments in 16 cases which was widely appreciated by the Police, Bench and Bar. However, according to her an anonymous complaint against her casting aspersions on her honesty and integrity was taken cognisance by the then District Collector Thiruvallur (2nd respondent) who summoned her on 11.07.2019 and recorded her statement and remarks on the said