JUDGMENT

B.P. Jeevan Reddy, J.-Leave granted.

2. Heard the counsel for the parties. This appeal is preferred against the Judgment of the Tamil Nadu State Administrative Tribunal allowing the Original Application filed by the respondent. The respondent - Thiru K.V. Perumal - was a Deputy Registrar of the Co-operative Societies under the Government of Tamil Nadu. He was suspended pending enquiry into certain grave charges which are set out in the memo of charges dated November 3, 1987. There are two charges and in support of each charge, supporting material and particulars are elaborately set out. The respondent did not furnish a reply to the memo of charges. By an application dated September 23, 1988, he asked for perusal of certain "records and files" which according to him were quite essential for the purpose of preparing the statement of defence by him. He seems to have addressed certain further representations to the same effect. On September 26, 1989, the Registrar of Co-operative Societies (who had served the memo of charges and to whom the respondent had made representations for supply of documents) wrote to the respondent asking him to specify how the records asked for by him