S.S. BYAS, J.—In the petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner prays for quashing the order Annexure-1 dated January 24, 1985 of the Additional Registrar, Rajasthan High Court Bench, Jaipur, by which the penalty of the stoppage of two grade increments with cumulative effect was impose on him.

2. Briefly recapitulated, the case set-up in the petition is that the petitioner was working in Stamp Reporting Section in the Bench of the High Court at Jaipur in May, 1984. On May 10, 1984, he passed the file of S.B. Civil Miscellaneous Petition No. 169/1984 (Narain Ram v. State of Rajasthan) without ascertaining whether the impugned order was filed by the party or that it was on record. When the case came up before learned Single judge, he-passed an order on July 25, 1984 directing the Deputy Registrar To take nece-ssary action against the defaulter. Thereupon the Additional. Registrar initiated an inquiry against the petitioner under rule 17 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 (for short the C. C. A. Rules). The petitioner was informed in writing of the proposal to take action against him and of the allegations on which the a

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