JUDGMENT :

The petitioner, who was a District Judge dismissed from service by virtue of Ext.P23 order of the 1st respondent-State Government, is challenging in this writ petition, Ext.P2 order of suspension issued by the High Court, the consequential disciplinary proceedings initiated against him and the order through which he was dismissed from service.

2. The petitioner entered service in the subordinate judiciary of the State as a Munsiff, in the year 1983, pursuant to selection made by the Kerala Public Service Commission in a special recruitment conducted for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates. He was promoted as Sub Judge in the year 1989 and subsequently as District Judge in the year 1998. Satisfactory completion of his probation in the cadre of District Judge was declared in the year 2000. While working as the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT), Thiruvananthapuram, the petitioner was suspended from service with effect from 10-10-2001, by virtue of Ext.P2 order issued by the High Court. An attempt of the petitioner to challenge Ext.P2 in a writ petition before this court failed, since the case was dismissed in limine through Ext.P3 judgment, which was confirm