JUDGMENT

1. Since the issues of law and facts are common in both these cases, the matters were taken up for hearing together.

2. Both the petitioners before this Court are working in the Excise Department. Both are going to retire on 31.08.2021.

3. Both were facing departmental proceedings. Sri M.Vijay Kumar, is the learned counsel for the petitioners in both these cases. It is his contention that based on some alleged incidents that took place through out the State of Andhra Pradesh, about 200 cases were registered. In some cases, FIRs were registered and some cases were referred to Tribunal for disciplinary proceedings. Two of these are the cases of the present petitioners.

4. The incidents for which the petitioners are charged took place in December, 2011 and January, 2012. Learned counsel points out that the Tribunal Enquiry Case No.98 of 2013 was registered against the petitioner in W.P.No.11776 of 2021 and Tribunal Enquiry Case No.74 of 2013 was registered against the other petitioner in WP.No.11779 of 2021. After the cases were registered in 2013 on 06.01.2018, a charge memo was issued fixing date of hearing on 17.02.2017. Thereafter, learned counsel submits that no proceedings