ORDER

This appeal is directed against the judgment of the Division Bench of Madras High Court in Writ Appeal No. 151/1998, dismissing the appeal and refusing to interfere with the order of the learned Single Judge. The respondent was an applicant for the post of marketing trainee pursuance to an advertisement issued in the year 1987. In the advertisement, the minimum qualification required was a graduate from University. On the basis of the application filed and documents appended thereto, the employer considered the respondent and gave him the appointment. But subsequently, on receipt of a complaint that the certificate furnished by the respondent is a forged one and is not a genuine certificate, the employer made a correspondence with the University and obtained a report that in fact the certificate is not genuine. While giving this reply to the employer, the University retained the certificate with them for taking some remedial action. On receipt of the aforesaid reply from the University, the employer started a disciplinary proceedings against the respondent in the year 1989, and a set of charges were levelled against him and an enquiry officer was appointed. The delinquent resp