ORDER :

Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J.

While the petitioner was working as 'Deputy Collector/ Distillery Officer' in Kothari Sugars and Company, Tiruchirapalli, disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against the petitioner on certain charges levelled against him. While such proceedings were pending, the petitioner attained the age of superannuation on 30.06.2000. In view of the same, the Government issued G.O (D) No.376, Revenue (Ser 2(2)) Department, dated 30.06.2000, permitting the petitioner to retire from service without prejudice to the disciplinary proceedings pending against the petitioner. It was thereafter the disciplinary proceedings that were initiated by issuing a charge-memo dated 09.05.2000 were continued by duly conducting an enquiry and through the Government Letter No.27176/Ser.2(2)/2001-13, dated 16.10.2002 proposed to impose the punishment of cut in pension at Rs.100/- for a period of three months. The petitioner claimed to have accepted to suffer the said punishment. However, the said disciplinary proceedings, which ought to have been concluded on 16.10.2002 were not concluded, but they were again reopened by issuing a fresh charge-memo dated 23.11.2005 in supe