Rajamannar, C.J.-This is an appeal against the judgment of Rajagopalan, J., in Writ Petition No. 36 of 1957, filed by the appellant in the following circumstances! The appellant was appointed in 1941 as a Lower Division Clerk in the office of the Hindu Religious Endowments Board at Madras. In July, 1944, he was transferred and posted as Lower Division Inspector in the Office of the Assistant Commissioner Hindu Religious Endowments Board, Kozhikode, South Malabar. In September, 1951, when the Hindu Religious Endowments Board was abolished and in its stead the Department of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments came into existence he became a permanent Lower Division Clerk acting as Upper Division Clerk in the Department. He then served in many posts till he was eventually posted as acting Upper Division Inspector under the Assistant Commissioner, Palghat, by an order, dated 1st June, 1956. On 16th August, 1956, he was placed under suspension. Charges of misconduct were framed against him, and the Tribunal for Disciplinary Proceedings, Madras, conducted an enquiry into the charges. On 29th October, 1956, he was served with an order of the Government of Madras, dated 13th October

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