JUDGMENT :

(Prayers: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records of the 2nd respondent in his proceedings No.28799/A2/2013 dated 05.04.2019 as confirmed on appeal by the 1st respondent in G.O(D) No.242 Commercial Taxes and Registration Department dated 21.12.2020 and quash both the orders.)

The case of the petitioner is that he joined the Registration Department in 1985 as Junior Assistant and later, was promoted as Assistant in 1995 and as Sub-Registrar Grade II in February 2011. The petitioner was issued with a charge memorandum dated 19.06.2013 under Rule 17(b) of the Tamil Nadu Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules. The allegation in the charge memorandum is that while he was working as Sub-Registrar, Neelangarai, in respect of the two documents he did not accept the guideline value and referred the document under Section 47A(1) of the Indian Stamp Act. There are other allegations that he has registered one document based on the guideline value and returned the document to the concerned buyer and registered one other document, but not returned the document to the buyer nor referred the same