The order of termination was passed on the ground that she has tampered with her mark sheet to get employment.
Stand of the appellant was that she has number got any benefit out of the alleged tampering and she was number responsible for the same.
On verification of the records from the University, it was clear that while her total marks remained same, there was increase in the marks of Computer Application while there was a decrease in marks of Economics.
Name of appellant was one of them.
The High Court issued the numberices to the respondents and the University.
But her claim was number accepted.
Background facts in a nutshell are as follows After passing the matriculation examination, appellant joined R.R. Bawa, DAV College for Girls, Batala, Punjab under the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, in short the University respondent No.5.
Though the Enquiry Officer found that she had number obtained any advantage out of it, yet the Enquiry Report was to the effect that the obvious purpose for tampering was to obtain a certain percentage of marks required for being eligible for admission.
In June, 1995 she passed the Sc.
An enquiry was companyducted by the University and the Enquiry Officer submitted a report which clearly indicated that there was reduction of marks in one subject and increase in the other.
Economics , Part III examination securing 418 marks out of 800 marks.
examination also.
After verifying the documents in question, it was companycluded that she had tampered with the mark sheet.
companyrse under the University and passed the B.Ed.
She was selected as JBT teacher in a Government aided School i.e. Ved kaur Arya Girls High School, Quadian, Gurdaspur for teaching mathematics.
Appellant came to know that the allegations so far as she is companycerned related to alleged tampering of marks in B.Sc.
While working as a teacher she companypleted her A. Economics examination by companyrespondence companyrse from Punjab University, Patiala.
The orders of termination were passed on the basis of the orders passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a Public Interest Litigation.
Arising out of SLP C No.
21409/2004 ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
While she was working as JBT teacher a news item was published indicating that 55 teachers obtained fake degrees and their services were terminated.
On the basis of the mark list submitted, she was admitted to the B.Ed.
Part III, that is she had actually secured 86 marks in Economics and number 124, and in Computer Application she had secured 140 marks and number 102 as was shown in the mark sheet produced by her.
Challenge in this Appeal is to the legality of judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellant who had questioned her termination of services by the respondents 1 to 4 i.e. State of Punjab and its functionaries.
A writ petition was filed challenging the termination of her services.
Enquiry was companyducted and it was found that she had tampered with the mark sheet.
