JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the entire records pertaining to the order passed by the respondent vide his proceedings in G.O(Ms).No.236 Law (Administration) Department, dated 02.08.2021 and quash the same and consequently restore the petitioner's name as Notary in Dindigul District in Register of Notaries maintained by the Government.)

1. The present writ petition has been filed challenging an order passed by the respondent herein under which the petitioner's name was removed from the register of notaries.

2. According to the petitioner, he is a practising Advocate in Dindigul and he is a notary public from the year 1993 onwards approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has further contended that in the year 2012, 11 applicants had approached him to get notary attested in their affidavits for their passport applications. After verifying the identification of each one of the individuals, he had attested their affidavits. Thereafter, an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation revealed that the residential address mentioned in the affidavit of those