The prayer in the writ petition is to quash the order of the third respondent dated 17.2.2005 which was confirmed in appeal by the second respondent and communicated by the third respondent in letter dated 20.7.2006 and the order passed by the first respondent in review petition, which was communicated by the respondent by letter dated 10.11.2006 and direct the respondents to reimburse the reduced pay and refix the petitioners scale of pay and confer all monetary and consequential benefits including promotion on par with his juniors and disburse the arrears of salary.

2. The facts in nutshell for disposal of this writ petition are as follows:

(a) The petitioner joined the services of the then Pallavan Transport Corporation (Express Wing), a State owned Transport Corporation, as Assistant Manager on 20.9.1976 and was promoted as Deputy Manager on 20.9.1982. The petitioner was further promoted as Senior Deputy Manager on 14.4.1993 and he worked as General Manager in various stations. Petitioner retired from service on 30.6.2006, while working in the State Express Transport Corporation.

(b) When the petitioner was working as General Manager (Technical) in the erstwhile A