JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the third respondent dated 10.07.2017 made in Memo No.1634/021134/V.P.771/Adm.I/A.4/F.C.F 8(b)/15-1 and to quash the said proceedings of the third respondent dated 10.07.2017 and consequently, direct the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioner during the period of suspension from 22.08.2006 to 28.03.2017 and direct the Board to consider the case of the petitioner and to promote the petitioner as Assistant Executive Engineer-Electrical, on par with his immediate juniors.)

1. The present Writ Petition is heard through Video Conferencing on 28.07.2021.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

2.1. Alleging involvement in a criminal case initiated by the Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption, the petitioner, who was holding the post of Assistant Engineer in the respondent Corporation, was placed under suspension on 22.08.2006. The criminal case registered as a Special Case No.8 of 2007 before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvallur, was concluded on 11.04.2016, whereby the petitioner wa