(1) LEAVE granted.

(2) THIS appeal by special leave arises from the order dated 19-11-1990 made in OA No. 641 of 1988 by the central Administrative tribunal, Madras bench. Undisputed facts are that the appellant is an INDIAN POLICE SERVICE direct recruit cadre officer 1966 in the Tamil Nadu Police Service. At the relevant time he was Additional Inspector General of Police. On the basis of recommendation by the Review Committee on 12/6/1986 for considering his case for promotion, the government of India had called for a special report and the State government had submitted its report on 12/6/1987. Therein it was stated that since his posting as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Coimbatore, there were persistent reports of his acquiring large assets and of his getting money from his subordinates. While no specific evidence of receiving money from his subordinates was forthcoming, he himself had come up with a request for permission to acquire a coffee estate in the name of his wife for Rs. 25 lakhs on the basis that he would pay Rs. 5 lakhs by mortgaging his house and rest of the amount by bank loans. Formal enquiries indicated that the estate would be worth about at