RANJAN KUMAR Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA (UOI),

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the learned Counsel for the parties.

(2.) THE petitioner, in this writ application, has prayed for quashing the order dated -28.09.2000 (Annexure -3), whereby the punishment of withholding of annual increments for a period of three years has been passed against the petitioner. The petitioner has also prayed for quashing the order dated -25.07.2001 (Annexure -4), passed by the Appellate Authority dismissing the Appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order of punishment, passed by the Disciplinary Authority.

(3.) THE petitioner has challenged the impugned order of punishment on the ground that by the second part of the order, making the penalty to have the effect of postponing the petitioner's future increments of pay, the Respondents have virtually inflicted the punishment of withholding the petitioner's annual increments with cumulative effect and thereby forfeiting the petitioner's right for claiming the benefits of the annual increments for the three years for ever.