O R D E R

The petitioner herein, while employed as an Agricultural Development Officer, was imputed with a charge memo dated 29.09.2008, alleging that he had failed to conduct Farmers Field School Trainings under the Integrated Cereals Development Programme (ICDP) in four villages during the year 2002-2003 and 6 villages in the year 2003-04 and created false records as if the trainings were conducted and thereby misappropriated a sum of Rs.29,265/- (Rupees Twenty Nine Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty Five only) under the expenses for tea, refreshments and ICDP kits. The enquiry was conducted by one A.Muthukrishnan, who had submitted his enquiry report on 29.05.2013 The further representation of the petitioner was made on 07.02.2015, to raising objections to the enquiry report.

2. On consideration of the petitioner's further explanation dated

07.02.2015, the Government had proposed to impose a punishment of stoppage of increments for a period of 18 months without cumulative effect on 23.12.2016. However, based on the Advisory Department's recommendations, it was proposed to impose a major punishment of compulsory retirement, Thereafter, since, there was no progress in the disciplinary a