Supreme Court of India

Punjab State Electricity Board Now Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. v. Raj Kumar Goel

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Reported as [2014] 12 S.C.R. 171
Bench Dipak Misra and Vikramajit Sen JJ.
Decided 29 August 2014

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In view of the aforesaid premises, it is clear as day that the perception of the courts below and the High Court is D absolutely fallacious and therefore, the judgments and decrees passed by all the courts have to be annulled and we so do.

Judgment, page 8

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Service Law: Disciplinary proceedings - Punishment of stoppage of five increments without cumulative effect - Held: In such punishment, annual increments would not be paid during the period and in the sixth year are to be added up to regular c annual increment. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: When there is a stoppage of five annual increments, the same are not paid during the said period and thereafter in the sixth year, the increments are added up to the regular annual increment. The employee does not get the arrears. But if the punishment is not one of stoppage of increment

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