1. The petitioner has filed this Writ Petition seeking for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records of the respondent-Inspector General of Registration, in connection with the impugned charge memo issued by the respondent in Memo No.49429/B1/2001, dated 17.11.2008 and quash the same.

2. The case of the petitioner as culled out from the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition, is as follows:

(a) The petitioner entered into service as Sub-Registrar, Grade-II in the Registration Department in 1986. He was promoted as Sub-Registrar, Grade-I in 1997. He rendered meritorious service throughout.

(b) While the petitioner was serving as Sub-Registrar, Grade-I, Guidelines, at Erode District Registrar Office during 1998, one Muthukumar, a native of Kodumudy executed a partition deed of the family property at Kodumudy Sub-Registrar Office on 20.3.2001. The said document was referred to the petitioner for inspection to fix the value of the land only. The petitioner, after receiving the documents, inspected the land on 26.3.2001 and submitted his valuation report to the Sub-Registrar Office at Kodumudy. The Sub-Registrar at Kodumudy has to follow the guideline