1. This writ petition is directed against the impugned charge memo dated 6.7.2017 issued by the disciplinary authority/the Chief Manager, Bottom Bench, Mine IA, Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited, Neyveli. The petitioner, who was appointed in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited as IW.Grade I, was given promotion as Technician Gr.III(C), Technician Gr.II(B) and Technician Gr.I(A) under the time bound promotion scheme and further promoted as Senior Technician Grade II and Grade I on 1.9.2004 and 1.9.2008 respectively. He was again further promoted as Chief Technician on 1.9.2012. He is also one of the elected Vice Presidents of CITU NLC Labour Staff Union, which is one of the recognised unions. Since the news about the outsourcing of mining work by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited appeared in a daily newspaper Theekathir and subsequently uploaded in the timeline of the petitioner's facebook account by one of his friends, the disciplinary authority/fifth respondent herein, mistaking that the petitioner had posted some derogatory remarks and comments in his facebook account which is open to public view containing unverified and unsubstantiated allegati