Judgment :- 1. This appeal from the judgment of Isaac, J., dismissing Original Petition No. 3956 of 1970 raises a question of law, which in the abstract may be stated to be whether the termination of the services of a person appointed to the Government service under R.9 (a) (i) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958, will attract Art.311 of the Constitution. In the judgment under appeal, Isaac J., said that he had held in his own judgment in O. M. Mathew v. Special Tahsildar, Nedumkandom reported in 1973 KLT. 272 that Art.311 will not be attracted in cases where the appointment was under R.9 (a) (i) and the termination was of the service under such an appointment. On examination of the judgment in O. M. Mathew v Special Tahsildar, Nedumkandom reported in 1973 KLT. 272 it is clear that the learned judge has not so held. A passage from Para.9 of the judgment is illuminative. We shall extract the whole of that paragraph: "There is a real distinction between the motive for taking an action, and the foundation or the basis of that action. But when the action is provoked by the misconduct of the Government servant, it is very difficult to say whether the misconduct was the motive for taking the action or it was the foundation of the action. The distinction becomes too nice. If I may say so with respect, one has again to look to the form of the order and the attendant circumstances. I have examined the said aspect of the matter, and held that the misconduct of the petitioner was the motive or occasion to terminate his services". Earlier, at the end of Para.7, the learned judge held "This is a case, wherein the appointing authority did not want to take any disciplinary action against the petitioner, but availed of its right to terminate his services without such an enquiry by virtue of the fact that he was only holding the post temporarily". 2. In view of the above finding, the contention that Art.311 bad been violated could not be sustained because the termination of employment was not by way of punishment. So the decision in O. M. Mathew v. Special Tahsildar, Nedumkandom reported in 1973 KLT. 272 is not an authority for the position that the termination of employment under R.9 (a) (i) will not attract Art.311. 3. So the decision in O. M. Mathew v. Special Tahsildar, Nedumkandom reported in 1973 KLT. 272 is not an authority for the position that the termination of employment under R.9 (a) (i) will not attract Art.311. 3. The decision of one of us in T. C. Govindan v. Inspector of Post Offices, Thiruvalla reported in 1967 KLT. 373 was cited before the learned judge and reference was made to this decision in the judgment in O. M. Mathew v. Special Tahsildar, Nedumkandom reported in 1973 KLT. 272. This is what the learned judge said: "The learned judge, on the facts and circumstances of the case, found that, though the order of termination was itself innocent, it attached a stigma to the petitioner when read in the light of the communication sent to the complainant, and the action taken against the petitioner was, therefore, a punishment. The question whether the said finding can be justified in the light of the principles laid down in the decision of the Supreme Court herein referred to does not arise before me". This passage seems to imply that the decision in T. C. Govindan v. Inspector of Post Offices, Thiruvalla reported in 1967 KLT. 373 might require reconsideration. What has been held therein has been fairly correctly summarised is the head-note of the decision which we may extract; "When a court is satisfied that the action against an employee is really by way of a punishment, not a mere termination of services according to service conditions, the provision in Art.311 (2) will be attracted. It does not matter whether the employee is a permanent employee or a temporary employee. The fact that an enquiry was conducted which is in the nature of a preliminary enquiry, for the purpose of determining whether a format enquiry should be undertaken or whether action should be taken pursuant to Rules similar to R.6 of the Posts and Telegraphs Extra Departmental Agents (Conduct and Service) Rules, 1959 is not sufficient by itself to come to the conclusion that a punishment has been imposed. The form of the order by which the services were terminated or the words used in the order are not conclusive and the real substance must be ascertained. The action taken against the petitioner in this case was really an imposition of punishment and there is a stigma attached to him. The form of the order by which the services were terminated or the words used in the order are not conclusive and the real substance must be ascertained. The action taken against the petitioner in this case was really an imposition of punishment and there is a stigma attached to him. The fact that no reason has been stated is also a defect which is sufficient to have the order set aside," 4. The decision in the case is based on the finding on the question whether in all the circumstances of the case, the action taken could be said to be by way of punishment. It was held that it was by way of punishment So it was further held that the action is bad because Art.311 had not been complied with. 5. The view taken that Art.311 will apply to termination of temporary employment is well established. Citation of authorities which we think are all one way is unnecessary. In fact the position was not even canvassed before us. 6. The finding that the action amounted to punishment cannot, as Isaac J., correctly pointed out, arise for consideration in other cases. 7. The appellant had been appointed under R.9(a) (i) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules and the order Ext. P3 directed that it is not proper to continue the appellant even temporarily in service. She was therefore relieved from the office of the District Recruitment Board, Trivandrum. 8. Para.11 of the order Ext. P3, may be extracted: 11. In the result, the commission have come to the conclusion that the candidate Smt. R. Jayakumari Amma (Reg. No. 3419) who appeared for the written test conducted by the K. P. S. C. for recruitment of L. D. Clerk/ Cashier in the K. S. E. Board on 28-5-69 had illicit access to her answer book of parts I & II (English) after submitting the same to the Assistant Superintendent at the Examination hall and has subsequently tampered with it making interpolations and corrections in the answer book and adding an additional answer book and her actions amount to grave misconduct and manipulation of false documents for the purpose of illegally securing of job. It is, therefore, ordered that the answer book of this candidate of Parts I & II (English) for the written test mentioned above be invalidated, that her name will not be included in the ranked list of clerks for recruitment to the K S.E. Board in pursuance of the above test and that she be debarred from recruitment to public service for a period of two years from the date of this order. Smt. Jayakumari Amma is working temporarily as grade II Assistant in the office of the District Recruitment Board, Trivandrum she being appointed under R.9A(i) of the General Rules of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services. Since she has been debarred from recruitment to the public service for a period of two years in accordance with this order, the commission feel that it is not proper to continue her even temporarily in service. She is, therefore, relieved forthwith from the office of the District Recruitment Board, Trivandrum." 9. Counsel for the appellant contended that under R.13 of the Kerala Public Service Commission Rules of Procedure, the appellant's services could not be terminated. It was also further contended that even assuming that under R.13 the services of the appellant could be terminated, it could be so done only after complying with Art.311 of the Constitution. 10. We are unable to accept the contention that termination of service of an employee who has been found guilty of making false statements or producing false documents before the Commission cannot be terminated under R.13. If it is possible to debar permanently a person for such misconduct from appointment to any service in the State, it must necessarily mean that if the person is already in service, that person's service could be terminated. So we reject this part of the contention. We must however accept the second part of the contention, for the appellant is entitled to the protection of Art.311 of the Constitution. This protection guaranteed a second show cause notice regarding the punishment to be imposed. Admittedly no notice was issued to the appellant to show cause why the appellant's services under R.9 (a) (i) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 should not be terminated. Such a notice should have been issued, and a reasonable opportunity offered to the appellant. Admittedly no notice was issued to the appellant to show cause why the appellant's services under R.9 (a) (i) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 should not be terminated. Such a notice should have been issued, and a reasonable opportunity offered to the appellant. Without adopting such a procedure the services of the appellant though only pursuant to an appointment under R.9(a) (i) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 should not have been terminated. The order Ext. P3 must however stand in regard to the other findings and the other punishments imposed. 11. In the light of the above, we set aside that part of the direction in Ext. P3 order by which the services of the appellant had been terminated. We direct the Public Service Commission to comply with Art.311 of the Constitution by issuing a show cause notice to the appellant, if they deem it necessary to impose the punishment of termination of services of the appellant pursuant to her appointment under R.9(a) (i) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958, and after affording a reasonable opportunity to the appellant to make representations against such a notice, pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. 12. We dispose of this appeal on the above terms. We make no order as to costs.