The petitioner in both the above writ petitions are one and the same person, who had been voluntarily retired from the service of the State, while he was working as Junior Superintendent in the Sub Court, Thrissur. Though the misconduct alleged were in two different contexts, the punishment imposed was identical. The cases are disposed of by a common judgment, only since there is a common thread in both the matters, which points to the delinquent employee having financial dealings of a usurious nature with third parties. The misconduct alleged in one of the cases is misappropriation of amounts deposited by an Advocate and in the other, the allegation is of the delinquent employee having indulged in financial transaction of a usurious nature resulting in amassing wealth in violation of the provisions of the Government Servants' Service Rules. The writ petitions are considered separately in the judgment.

2. WP(C) No.11594 relates to the misappropriation of amounts remitted before the Junior Superintendent, the petitioner herein, as stamp value required for engrossing a final decree. The allegation raised by an Advocate at Thrissur Bar was that, he had entrusted his Junior with