1. The petitioner was working as a Junior Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation Limited Godown at Bhavani during the year 1995. On 18.08.1995, when the higher officials of the corporation conducted surprise inspection of the said godown, certain irregularities were noticed on the part of the petitioner. The first irregularity is that the petitioner had allowed to load 51 bags of boiled rice in a mini lorry bearing Registration No. TN45A 9045 from Ananda Rice Mill Godown, attached to the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation Godown, Bhavani, without any issue memo or delivery order. Similarly, she had allowed to load 16 bags of boiled rice in a mini lorry bearing Registration No.TN-45-0525 from Ananda Rice Mill Godown attached to Bhavni Godown without any issue memo or delivery order. Based on these allegations, a charge memo was issued to the petitioner by the Regional Manager, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplied Corporation Limited, Erode, in his proceedings in reference No.E9/5389/59 (1) dated 10.02.1997.

2. The petitioner denied the charges. An enquiry was held into the charges. It was found that the petitioner was guilty of misconduct under both the charges. B