JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The applicant in O.A.No.1450 of 2020 filed this original petition invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the order dated 02.04.2024 passed by the Tribunal in that original application.

2. Going by the averments in the original application, the petitioner superannuated from service on 31.07.2019 from the post of Grade Sub Inspector, Kollam City Police Control Room. In 1997, the petitioner had to face departmental proceedings on account of being a member of the Quarter Guard at Kollam Armed Reserve Camp, wherein a cash box was moved within the premises of the camp itself, and there was a consequential inability to produce the cash box upon demand on the very next day. The petitioner had to face a criminal case in which he was acquitted on 12.06.2009. In addition to the criminal case, the petitioner was suspended on 03.02.1997 vide Annexure A1 order dated 03.02.1997 by the Deputy Superintendent of police. Subsequently, he was dismissed from service on 02.04.1998 vide Annexure A2 order. After acquittal in the criminal case, the petitioner was reinstated in service on 30.03.2010 with a p