When the petitioner, Sundara Rajan, was serving as the Officiating Sub-Inspector of Police, Karur, Tiruchirapalli District, the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Karur, framed six charges of receiving illegal gratification from certain persons, conducted an enquiry, submitted his report to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Tiruchirapalli, holding that three out of the six charges were proved. After getting the explanation of the petitioner, the punishing authority found that only two charges were proved, and passed an order of dismissal of the petitioner with effect from the date on which he was placed under suspension. The appeal preferred against that order to the Inspector-General of Police was dismissed. The revision filed before the State of Madras was also dismissed. This writ petition is filed to quash the said order of dismissal as confirmed in appeal and revision.

2. The petitioner challenges the validity of the order of dismissal on the following grounds: —

"(1) The Deputy Superintendent of Police, who conducted the enquiry, was highly prejudiced against the petitioner. Even before the enquiry was started, the petitioner made repeated representations to the S