JUDGMENT :

HEMANT GUPTA, J.

1. The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench dated 26.8.2019, affirming the order passed by the learned Single Bench on 17.5.2019.

2. The writ petition filed before the High Court was to assail an order of punishment dated 26.10.2018, whereby the respondent[hereinafter referred to as 'employee'] was ordered to be reverted to the minimum pay scale and the period of suspension was to be considered as a period spent by the employee in service. However, for the said suspension period, the employee was not found to be entitled to any other pay or allowance except subsistence allowance and dearness allowance. The order of punishment was passed after the prior approval of the Commissioner (Dairy Milk), Lucknow, designated as Registrar by the State Government on the same day.

3. The employee was appointed as Executive Trainee in the Centralised Services on 11.8.1984. After completion of the training period, he was appointed as Manager Grade-III. The employee was served with a charge sheet dated 21.4.2015, inter-alia, on the ground that in addition to two chambers of mil