ORDER :

[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 pertaining to its proceedings in G.O.(D).No.706, MA & WS Department and that of the second respondent pertaining to his proceedings in Na.Ka.No.11270/2005/A4 and quash the orders dated 09.12.2015 and 05.01.2008 respectively and consequently direct the first respondent to permit the petitioner to duly retire from his service along with all his pensionary benefits along with an interest at the rate of 18% from 30.06.2005.]

1. Heard Mr.R. Sivakumar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr.M.Shahjahan, learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents.

2. Among the 8 charges levelled against the petitioner herein, the first charge relates to an incident of issuance of No Objection Certificates on 26.07.2002. The petitioner, who was due to retire on 30.06.2005, was placed under suspension and a Charge Memo was also issued on 29.06.2005. Pursuant to the Charge Memo, whereby the charges 1 to 4 were held as 'not proved' and the charges 5 to 8 were held as 'proved', the Disciplinary