Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 887 · Decided 22 November 2006
Dharampal Arora v. Punjab State Electricity Board and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 887 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 322
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5162/2006
- Decided
- 22 November 2006
- Bench
- AR. LAKSHMANAN, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: C Employee--Suspensionjiwn service on 26.8. 74-Reinstatement in service on 25.8.75-Allowed to cross efficiency bar w.e.f 4.10.1976 -Intervening period treated as non-duty period-Inquiry-Stoppage of one annual increment-Challenge to-Dismissed by trial Court-Affirmed by first appellate the case to High Court-Setting aside the order D of the Courts below, High Court observed that stoppage of annual increment with cumulative effect is a major punishment-Besides, it was inflicted without holding a regular inquiry-However, consequential benefit denied on technical grounds-On
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