Action of the respondents in initiating departmental proceedings, at the fag end of retirement and the order permitting the petitioner to retire subject to the conditions of recovery from retiral benefits and disciplinary action, proposed to be action after retirement, are under challenge. The petitioner has also sought for a direction to the respondents to settle all the retirement benefits, monetary as well as service, with appropriate interest till the payment and damages.

2. Facts leading to the Writ Petition are as follows:

The petitioner was appointed as Lower Division Clerk/Junior Assistant, by direct recruitment on 11. 1960. He was promoted and posted at Salem Municipality as Assistant cum Accountant. He was working as Store Keeper in Salem Municipality from 17. 1992 to 30.6.1992. Thereafter, he was posted as Cashier. Two other individuals posted as Store Keeper did not join duty in the said Municipality and therefore, the Commissioner of Salem Municipality orally instructed the petitioner to look after the stores in addition to the post of Cashier. His predecessor Thiru. A.V. Venugopal, Store Keeper in the above said Municipality worked for about seven years till