Heard both the counsel.

2. As both the writ petitions arise out of the common order passed by the lower authority and the parties are same, they are being disposed of by this common order.

3. The 3rd respondent in both the writ petitions was working as Assistant Business Manager/Public Relation Officer, Lakshmi Super Bazar, Hyderabad, which is the unit of the writ petitioner – Hyderabad Co-operative Central Trading Society Ltd., Hyderabad. He was charge sheeted by memo

No.1/Enq/99-I dated 6.11.1999 for the following charge:

“That you Sri S.Viswanatha Rao, while working as Asst. Business Manager/PRO, Lakshmi Super Bazar, Hyderabad (now defunct), a unit of the Hyderabad Coop. Central Trading Society Ltd., Hyderabad, during the period from 1989-90 to 1994-95, have indulged in falsification of accounts and other records and deliberately made fraudulent payments and misappropriated an amount of Rs.1,89,300.83 (Rupees one lakh eighty nine thousand three hundred and paise eighty three only) and thereby caused pecuniary loss to the Lakshmi Super Bazar and pecuniary gain to yourself and thus failed to serve honestly and faithfully and committed grave misconduct by misusing/abusi