ORDER

This petition was initially filed before the A.P.Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad vide O.A.No.1438 of 2018, renumbered as W.P.(AT) No.1935 of 2021 on its transfer to this High Court, seeking to set aside the impugned G.O.Rt.No.999 Revenue (Vig-II) Department, dated 26.09.2017 issued by the 1^st respondent by declaring that the punishment imposed is illegal, arbitrary, illogical, without jurisdiction and direct the respondents to release full pension and gratuity to the applicant and refund cash of Rs.35,090/- seized by the ACB from the applicant during raid in the interest of justice and pass such other order and further orders.

2. The case of the petitioner is briefly as follows:

(a) The petitioner was appointed as Reserve Sub-Registrar in 1979 and subsequently promoted as Reserve Sub-Registrar Grade-I in 1987 and was further promoted as Assistant District Registrar in March, 1995 and again promoted as District Registrar in October, 1995 and he retired on 30.04.2008 on attaining the age of superannuation.

(i) While so, the petitioner was issued with a charge memo, dated 20.12.2007 with the following charges:

“1. It is proposed to hold an enquiry against Sri. M. V. Ramana Murthy,