ORDER :

1. The present Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:

“......to issue an appropriate order, writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari by setting aside the impugned punishment order G.O.Rt. No. 2123 PR&RD (Vig.III) Department dated 23.12.2013 and consequential proceedings R.C. No. A1/135/ATP-2015 dated 08.09.2015 and Memo No. 13984/Vig.IV/A2/2055 dated 04.09.2020 of the 1st respondent as illegal, arbitrary, violation of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and pass such other order or orders....”

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for the respondents.

3. The brief case of the petitioner is that the petitioner was initially appointed as District Panchayat Officer on 09.02.1998 in Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department till 2007. Thereafter, he was appointed as C.T.O. on 19.01.2007 and later he was promoted as Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes in the year 2013 and further his post was re-designated as Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes.

4. While the petitioner was working as District Panchayat Officer at Kadapa,