(W.P.No.26426 of 2005 came to be numbered by way of transfer of O.A.No.9184 of 2000 from the file of Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal with a prayer to call for the records pertaining to the order passed by the respondent in Na.Ka.No.5690/2000/A1 dated 25.10.2000 and quash the same.)

Common Order:

In these writ petitions, petitioner challenges the show cause notices dated 25.10.2000 and 25.9.2000 respectively.

2. Petitioner was appointed as Bill Collector in the year 1963 in the respondent Municipality and was promoted as Junior Assistant in the year 1971, then as Assistant in 1984 and further promoted as Revenue Inspector on 13.4.1989. He retired on 31.10.2000. The impugned show cause notices have been issued calling for from the petitioner to show cause as to why the loss suffered by the Municipality on account of the failure to discharge his official duty to collect the arrears towards property tax and lease amount should not be recovered from him. The said show cause notices are challenged on the ground of jurisdictional issue relying upon the earlier orders of the State Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.3503 of 1996 dated 28.11.1996 and O.A.No.4761 of 1992 dated 19.1