JUDGMENT

Nanavati, J.-This is an appeal by special leave against the judgment and order passed by the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No. 2587 of 1990.

2. Some complaints of corruption and other acts of misconduct by the respondent, during the period from 5.6.85 to 15.6.86, while serving as a Superintendent of Police, were received by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Madras. The Directorate investigated those complaints and reported its findings to the Tamil Nadu Government. The Government after examining the records submitted to it by the Directorate decided to refer those cases to the Tribunal for Disciplinay Proceedings (hereiafter referred to as the Disciplinary Tribunal ) constituted under Rule 3 of Tamil Nadu Civil Services (Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal) Rules, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Disciplinary Proceedings Rules ) for enquiring into those cases. The Tribunal framed three charges on 21.11.89 and communicated the same to the respondent. Thereupon, the respondent approached the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Trinbunal ) challenging the charge memo framed against him on the grounds of delay,