S. RAMACHANDRA IYER, C.J. :- This appeal raises a question of limitation. The facts necessary for a due consideration of that question are these. The respondent was employed as a Sub-Inspector of Police at Orathanad in Tanjore Dt. till 6-11-1948, on which date seven charges of corruption were framed against him by the appropriate authority and he was placed under suspension. As a result of the enquiry that followed the charges were held proved and the Deputy Inspector General of Police passed the order dated 9-4-1950 dismissing him from service. After exhausting the remedies available to him by way of appeal to the Inspector General of Police and a memorial to the Government, both of which proved futile, the respondent initiated proceedings in this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. Initially that met with no success as the petition (W. P. No. 844 of 1951) as well as an appeal from the judgment therein (W. A. No. 51 of 1955) were dismissed. The order in the appeal was passed on 1-8-1955. Sometime later, the respondent brought to the notice of the Court by means of a review petition that the officer who submitted the report on the charges did not have the necessar