JUDGMENT :

(Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying this Court to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the records of the proceedings of the 2nd respondent vide (Permanent) CMD, TANGEDCO, Proceedings No.29 culminating in his order dated 19.2.2011 as confirmed by the order of the 1st respondent vide (Permanent) (FB) TANGEDCO Proceedings No.29 dated 20.5.20143, quash the same and direct the 2nd respondent to permit the petitioner to retire from service as Executive Engineer with effect from 30.4.06 with all terminal and pensionary benefits.)

1. The removal of the petitioner from the service of the respondents on the basis of the enquiry report is the basis of the present writ petition. It is the case of the petitioner that he joined the service of the respondents as Assistant Engineer on 20.10.1976 in the then Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, now renamed as Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd. It is the further case of the petitioner that he was promoted as Assistant Executive Engineer and, thereafter, as Executive Eng