S ALAGARSWAMY Vs. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS petition came to be numbered by transfer of O.A.No.1013 of 2002 from the file of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal praying this court to issue the writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the respondents 1 & 2 in connection with the Impugned orders passed by them in P.R.No.102/2000 dated 29.09.2000 and quash the same. Heard Mr.K.Venkatramani, Senior Counsel for petitioner and Tmt.C.K.Vishnupriya, Additional Government Pleader for respondent in this O.A.

(2.) IN this O.A.1013 of 2002 (W.P.8366 of 2007), the order dated 29.09.2000 of the Additional Superintendent of Police, Srivaigundam, Tuticorin District, the second respondent herein, imposing the punishment of stoppage of increment for a period of two years without cumulative effect is questioned.

(3.) IF Inspector of police is the delinquent, one has to see the column (i), where Inspector of police is mentioned. Thereafter, it has to be ascertained the competent authority, who could impose punishment on him, depending on the nature of punishment. Column (iv) is relating to the punishment of withholding of increment and as against the Inspector of police, the Superintendent is mentioned in column(iv) as the competent authority to impose the punishment. Likewise, column (viii) is relating to removal from service and as against the Inspector of Police in column (i), the competent authority mentioned in column (viii) against the Inspector of police is Deputy Inspector General of Police. The Schedule prescribed under the Rules are given here below for better appreciation of the case. THE SCHEDULE: (Referred to in rules 2 4 and 5) Lowest authority which may impose the penalty of TABLE