1. Since the issues involved in both the above writ petitions are one and the same, they are disposed of by way of this common order.

2. The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:-

2(1) The petitioner is a directly recruited Sub-Inspector of Police. He entered the service through the selection conducted in the year 1984 and he was appointed on 28.09.1987. Subsequently, he was promoted as Inspector of Police in January-1999, by including his name in the panel for the year 1998-99. During the period 2000-2002, he has served as Inspector of Police, NIB, CID at Chennai. The Police use to get information regarding the offences only through the informants. During the relevant period, the petitioner had also a police informant by name Vijayan @ Viji, a Ceylon National, who was helping the Narcotic Wing Department in making seizure of huge quantities of narcotic substances. After serving in NIB, CID, the petitioner was transferred and posted as Inspector of Police, Special Branch CID (Intelligence), wherein he was in-charge of Bulletin. But, all of a sudden, the petitioner was directed to report before the Chief Office vacancy reserve on 28.08.2003 and before he could repor