The petitioner and the respondents in both the writ petitions are one and the same. The issue involved in these writ petitions are inter-connected. Therefore, both the writ petitions are taken up together for final disposal and are disposed of by this common order.

2. The petitioner was appointed as Sub Inspector of Police in the Tamil Nadu Police Subordinate Service in 1987 and on 21.08.2000 he was promoted as Inspector of Police. While the petitioner was working as Inspector of Police in Prohibition and Enforcement Wing, Triplicane, Chennai, on 03.12.2001, a case in Crime No. 6 of 2001 was registered against him by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption for the alleged offence punishable under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998. The Criminal case came to be registered against the petitioner after a trap was allegedly laid against him. In connection with the registration of the criminal case, the petitioner was suspended from service with effect from 03.12.2001. Challenging the order of suspension dated 03.12.2003, the petitioner filed O.A. No. 1263 of 2002 before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal. The Tribunal granted interim stay of order of