V. PARTHIBAN, J.

These Writ Petitions have been filed against the order dated 7.5.2009 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in M.A.No.59 of 2009 and O.A.No.229 of 2009, allowing both the applications filed by the first respondent herein.

2. For the sake of clarity, the parties are referred to as the applicant and respondents as arrayed before the learned Tribunal.

3. The applicant approached the Tribunal, seeking to quash the punishment order passed by the 3rd respondent reducing the pay by two stages lower in time scale of pay for a period of one year without cumulative effect with a consequential direction for confirmation of promotion to the post of Superintendent of Central Excise on par with his juniors.

4. While the applicant was working as Inspector of Central Excise, was charge sheeted along with four other officials, viz., two Superintendents of Central Excise and two other Inspectors of Central Excise, by the second respondent vide charge memorandum dated 14.2.2002. Six articles of charges were framed against the applicant. On inquiry into the charges, it was found that the charges 3 and 4 were proved while the other charges, viz., charges 1, 2, 5 and 6 were n