JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The applicant in O.A. No.1371 of 2018 on the file of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram (the ‘Tribunal’, in short) filed this original petition, invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India , challenging Ext.P6 order dated 14.08.2019 passed by the Tribunal in that original application. During the pendency of this original petition, the original petitioner died and hence his wife, being the legal representative, is impleaded as additional 2^nd petitioner.

2. Going by the original application, the 1^st petitioner retired as Deputy Director of Survey, Pathanamthitta, on 31.03.2011. While working as Deputy Director of Survey, Kollam, in pursuance to the instructions from the Director of Survey, the 1^st petitioner disposed of a complaint made by one Shri Udayakumar, alleging irregularities in the Resurvey conducted on the land purchased and held by him in Adichanallur Village in Kollam District. He had followed all procedures before arriving at the decision and corrected the Resurvey records, under intimation to the Director of Survey. Subsequently, it was alleged that the 1^st petitioner