SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday sacked two government employees, including a teacher, for allegedly engaging in anti-national activities by invoking Article 311 of the Constitution of India.The sacked employees have been identified as Khurshid Ahmad Rather, a teacher in the School Education Department and a resident of Karnah, Kupwara, and Siyad Ahmad Khan, an assistant stockman in the Sheep Husbandry Department and a resident of Keran, Kupwara.In similarly worded dismissal orders, it was stated that the Lieutenant Governor was satisfied, after considering the facts and circumstances of each case, that the activities of the two employees were such as to warrant their dismissal from service.The order stated that the Lieutenant Governor is satisfied under sub-clause (c) of the proviso to clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution of India that, in the interest of the security of the State, it is not expedient to hold an inquiry in both cases.
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