JUDGMENT :

Sujata V. Manohar. - The respondent was working as a Police Constable in the Tamil Nadu Government. Three charge-memos were issued to him.

2. Charge-memo dated 21-6-1991 stated that he absented from duty for 17 hours on 31-3-1991 on his own accord without intimating his whereabouts in having failed to obtain sick passport from a nearby police station but reported for duty on 14-4-1991 with a controversial medical certificate and special report. Charge-memo dated 5-1-1992 stated that the respondent did not attend the parade on 12-2-1991 at the time of annual mobilisation and scolded the Duty Reserve Sub-Inspector indecently, picking up a quarrel in an arrack shop in a drunken mood demanding bribe etc. Charge-memo dated 23-7-1992 stated that he was in a drunken mood while on guard duty in Ward No. 25 on 2-7-1992 at 10.30 hours, behaved in an indecent manner and used vulgar language. He was also placed under suspension pending enquiry. The respondent filed three applications in OAs Nos. 1932, 1933 and 4081 of 1992 on the file of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal, Madras seeking to quash the charge-memos dated 21-6-1991 and 23-7-1992 respectively on the ground that the sa