Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.

1. The Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (“Board” for short) has filed this intra court appeal challenging the judgment of the learned single Judge in W.P.(C) No.22821 of 2016 dated 22.3.2017.

2. We have heard Sri. Raju Joseph, learned counsel appearing for the Board and Sri.Kaleeswaram Raj, learned counsel appearing for the 1st respondent/writ petitioner.

3. It appear that the 1st respondent was engaged on a contractual basis by the Board for a fixed period in the year 2002-2003. While working as such, there was a complaint against him pursuant to which the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau allegedly laid a trap on 20.5.2003 and he was allegedly caught taking bribe.

4. A criminal case was instituted against him. During the pendency of the said criminal case, the writ petitioner, upon vacancy being advertised, applied through the Kerala Public Service Commission and was recruited in the service of the Board in the year 2005. Thus, he came into permanent service of the Board, after his selection by the Kerala Public Service Commission, as a Mazdoor. In the year 2010, he was convicted by the criminal court and sentenced to undergo two years rig