Case brief
What is this about?
WPS 2677/2015, Chhattisgarh HC (Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.), 24.06.2025: stoppage/withholding of one annual increment with cumulative effect amounts to major penalty per Kulwant Singh Gill v. State of Punjab (1991 Supp (1) SCC 504); minor penalty converted to withholding of one increment with non-cumulative effect under Rule 10(iv), Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1966; recovery of Rs. 19,823/- upheld (already recovered); consequential benefits on representation within 30 days.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition partly allowed: penalty of stoppage of one annual increment with cumulative effect modified to withholding of one increment with non-cumulative effect under Rule 10(iv) of the Rules of 1966; petitioner at liberty to make representation for consequential benefits within 30 days, to be considered and decided expeditiously by the respondent authority; no order as to cost(s).