Initially, the petitioner has filed O.A.No.4174 of 2003 on the file of Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal challenging the order of the third respondent dated 26.05.2003 and subsequently the same has been transferred to the file of this Court and renumbered as W.P.No.16688 of 2006.

2. The Court heard the learned counsel on either side.

3. Affidavit filed in support of the petition is perused.

.4. Admittedly the petitioner joined the police service as Grade II Police Constable on 13.08.1978 and he was promoted as Grade I Police Constable in the year 1994. In the month of October 2001, while he was deputed to District Armed Reserve, Trichy for Special Training, a criminal case came to be registered against him in Crime No.234 of 2001 under Section 75 of MCP Act and 4(1)(j) of TNP Act. The petitioner was arrested and released on bail. A certificate was issued by the Medical Officer to the effect that the petitioner was not under the influence of alcohol. An order was passed by the Commissioner of Police, Trichy City on 11.03.2002 dropping the above criminal case registered against the petitioner. Accordingly, the criminal proceedings came to an end. Subsequently, a char