1. The appellant before us bad filed O. P. No. 2987 of 1977 before this court challenging the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him as per the orders evidenced by Exts. P, P3 and P5 passed by the State Government and praying for the issuance of a writ of prohibition restraining the 2nd respondent-the Director of Municipalities, Trivandrum from conducting the disciplinary enquiry against the appellant-petitioner in pursuance of the directions contained in Exts. P1, P3 and P5. Our learned brother Vadakkel, J. before whom the original petition came up for preliminary hearing at the admission stage disposed it off finally after recording certain assurances given to the court by the Law and Liaison Officer who took notice on behalf of the respondents. The appellant contends that the impugned proceedings are totally illegal and without jurisdiction and that they ought to have been quashed by the learned single judge.

2. The appellant who will hereinafter be referred to as the writ petitioner, was employed in the service of the State Government as a 1st Grade Municipal Commissioner. He retired from service on superannuation on 313 1976. Thereafter, on 2-4-1976 a memo o