Special grade teacher Alwyn Babb has been found guilty of misconduct and has been suspended for three months on half pay. This action follows his contesting the January 19 General Election in St Peter on behalf of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), for which he was charged disciplinarily and initially suspended on April 6 this year.Babb was notified of the decision in a letter on Wednesday from the Ministry of the Public Service, which also indicated that if he wanted to appeal to the local Privy Council, he could do so by applying in writing to President Dame Sandra Mason, through the Clerk of the Privy Council, within 14 days of receiving the letter.However, the ministry also informed Babb that if he did appeal the decision to the Privy Council, he might be suspended in accordance with Section 98 (1) of the Constitution and would not be paid any emoluments. The letter added that if Babb did not apply to the Privy Council, it would be considered he had accepted the decision and the penalty would take effect.Commenting on the turn of events, trade unionist Caswell Franklyn who is representing the Lester Vaughan Secondary School teacher, described the action as contrary to law and a “total miscarriage of justice”. He said the ministry had failed to deal with the matter in the legally stipulated time which it had and had taken this course of action following correspondence which he submitted on September 16 pointing out what the law said on the matter.“I wrote to them on the 16th of September and hand-delivered it, pointing out to them that the life of their thing [case] came to an end and th