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 first respondent in connection with the impugned order passed by him in RO No.40/2014 in C No.82/PR/41/2013 dated 22.01.2014, confirmed by the second respondent in RC No.031425 API(2)/2014 dated 14.10.2014 and further confirmed by the third respondent in RC No.029124/API(2)/2015 dated 08.11.2016 and quash the same and direct the respondents to reinstate the petitioner into service and grant him all consequential service and monetary benefits.)

1. The present Writ Petition is heard through Video Conferencing on 13.07.2021.

2. The charges against the petitioner is predominantly to the effect that on 28.07.2013, while he was serving as a Sub Inspector of Police at Avinankudi Police Station, Cuddalore District, he had misused his official position and entered into a Tasmac bar, consumed liquor, assaulted two persons, created records of drunkenness against another person, failed to register a case against such person etc. Pursuant to an enquiry, the first respondent had imposed the punishment of dismissal from service on