1. The disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner by the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board [‘the Board’ for short] is the subject matter of this writ petition.

2. The petitioner, a Lower Division Clerk in the service of the Board has been in charge of the cash of the Board from 15/01/2001. On 01/06/2011, as per Ext. P2 order, he was placed under suspension by the Board, alleging that on a verification of the accounts of the Board, it was found that the petitioner has committed misappropriation of cash, tampering of official records etc. Later Ext. P4 memo of charges was issued to the petitioner, alleging that during the period from 15/01/2001 to 31/05/2011, the petitioner had misappropriated an amount of Rs. 18,39,498/- by making improper and inaccurate entries in the cash book, short remittances of amounts at the Treasury and Bank, short accounting of loan repayments, short accounting of provident fund withdrawals, non - remitting of pension contributions, misappropriation of permanent advances using false vouchers, withholding of unutilised balanced funds, tampering of records etc.

3. According to the petitioner, Ext. P4 memo of charges does not specify the s