The petitioner while working as a second division assistant, Town panchayath, Somwarpet, Kodagu district, remained absented himself for some days. Based on those allegations and so also report of the Chief Officer, Town Panchayath, Somwarpet, the Deputy Commissioner, Kodagu district, Madikeri and an official memorandum dated 6.9.2011 of the Project Director, District Urban Development Cell, the petitioner has been discharged from service vide Annexure-J. The petitioner being aggrieved by the order of discharge, presented the above writ petition.

2. The petitioner was appointed as a SDA on compassionate ground on 24.07.1997 in the pay scale of Rs.10401900. He was on probation for a period of two years. His probation period came to be completed on 23.07.1999, the date on which he completed two years of service. However, the appointing authority did not extend the period of probation of the petitioner and allowed to continue in service. The petitioner passed departmental examinations namely Municipal and Local Boards in the second sessions, 2006 and he has also passed General Law Part-I and Part-II, and Accounts Higher during the first session, 2009 which is evident from Annexures