1. The petitioner is holding the rank of Sub-Registrar. At the relevant time, he was a Special Officer incharge of more than 13 Primary Agricultural Cooperative Bank as the Board of Director was superseded. In one such society where the petitioner was incharge as the Special Officer, namely Annur Primary Co-operative Bank, Annur, an enquiry was ordered by the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies under Section 18 of the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act with reference to the functioning of the Society. After enquiry, it was found there was misappropriation of Rs.26,33,090/-. Based on the enquriy report, recommendation was made to launch criminal prosecution both against the Secretary as well as the petitioner who was the Special Officer. Accordingly, an FIR was registered under Section 477A and 408 IPC. After the completion of the investigation, a criminal case has been filed, pending before the Judicial Magistrate IV, Coimbatore in C.C.No.1 to 5/2006.

2. During the relevant time, the petitioner was placed under suspension by the impugned order dated 29.12.2006 and subsequently as he had reached the age of superannuation, an order was also passed on the same day