JUDGMENT :

Alexander Thomas, J.

As the very same verdict of the Tribunal is challenged in the first two O.Ps and as the verdict of the Tribunal in a connected matter is challenged in the third O.P, all these cases are disposed of on the basis of this common judgment.

O.P(KAT) No.331/2021 & O.P(KAT) No.93/2022

The impugned final order dated 10.11.2021 is the subject matter of challenge in these two O.Ps filed under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India. The two petitioners in O.P(KAT)No.331/2021 are contesting respondents 4 & 6 in the above O.A. Whereas, the three petitioners in O.P(KAT) No.93/2022 are the State of Kerala, Forest Department and the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) concerned, who have been arrayed as official respondents 1 to 3 in the above O.A. Whereas, respondents 1 to 4 in O.P(KAT) No.331/2021 are the original applicants in the O.A, State of Kerala, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & the DPC. The documents and pleadings as produced in O.P(KAT) No.331/2021 will be referred to in this judgment for the sake of convenience, as the said O.P was the one which was filed in an earlier point of time. Later, the Director of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bure