1.The Petitioner was working as an Horticulture Officer at Kumbakonam and he was issued with a charge memo dated 5. 2004, alleging (1) that on 15. 1987, the watchman, who was on duty on that date, on seeing two unknown persons plucking mangoes in the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Orchard, measuring to an extent of 1303 Acres, obstructed the said two persons, who after attacking the watchman with aruval, cycle chain, ran away and the watchman recovered the said deadly weapons and mangoes and handed over the same to the Petitioner on 15.05.1987, requesting him to take action, but the Petitioner failed to take action, thereby committed the misconduct of dereliction of duty and (2) that the Petitioner did not give any complaint to the police with an intention to help the said two persons, who attacked the watchman with deadly weapons and (3) that the Petitioner acted arbitrarily and failed to collect the tender amounts of Rs.3,31,000/- and Rs.2,01,321/-within the stipulated time from two tenderers by name (1) G. Murugan and (2) S. Natarajan respectively, who purchased mangoes and (4) that the Petitioner also approved another tenderer by name V. Ravi for a sum of Rs.87,000/- thereby c