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M. S. RAMESH
Balagovinda Rao – Appellant
Versus
Chief Engineer, Chennai Port Trust, Chennai – Respondent
ORDER :
Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari, calling of the proceedings of 1st respondent in its No.E6/5302/1996/E dated 10.05.2016 and quash the same.
The petitioner herein was appointed as a Mazdoor in the respondents/Chennai Port Trust, in the year 1984 and later was promoted as an Assistant Maistry. Alleging that his community certificate certifying him to belong to Kondakapu Community (Scheduled Tribe) was a fake certificate, based on a letter of the Collector, Vizianagaram dated 24.02.1996, the following charges came to be framed against the petitioner through a letter dated 02.07.1996 in the following manner:-
2. In the meantime, the Port Trust had once again requested the Collector of Chennai to conduct the verification of the petitioner's community, on the ground that the petitioner has been residing in Chennai for the past 10 years. In turn, the Collector of Chennai had requested the Tahsildar, Tondiarpet, to conduct an inquiry and in t
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