The petitioner has filed this writ petition for a direction to the respondents to provide him an alternative employment in the post of Helper or Office Assistant by retaining the same scale of pay last drawn by him.

2. Upon instructions, the petitioner would state that the respondent Transport Corporation is a public transport undertaking wholly owned by the Government of Tamil Nadu; earlier, such transport undertakings in the state of Tamil Nadu was bifurcated into several units and made as the corporation. The Government of Tamil Nadu, thereafter dissolved all such transport corporations and the public transports in the State were brought under six divisions of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and that Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Kumbakonam Division-IV) Ltd., Pudukottai is concerned in this writ petition.

3. According to the petitioner, he is qualified up to IX standard and he was appointed as Driver in the respondent Corporation on 15.08.1998 and his services were confirmed and made permanent with effect from 15.06.1999. Since the date of his appointment, he was discharging his duties without any blemish whatsoever.

3a. The petitioner would further