SHARMA, J. — This court in the case of Prem Chand Kasliwal vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors (1), took a view that if minor penalty of stoppage of two increments without cummulative effect is imposed on a Government servant, then such Government servant is deprived of monetary benefit of two increments and such penalty could not have any effect in the matter of promotion of the petitioner. Denial of promotion to the petitioner on the basis of the said penalty in substance amounts to imposition of penalty of with-holding of promotion on the petitioner and that would mean that the petitioner has been punished twice, first by stoppage of increment for two years and the second, by withholding of promotion on the post of Office Assistant in 1983. With due respect to the learned Bench who decided the case, in my opinion the aforesaid view needs reconsideration by a larger Bench of more then two Judges. The reasons are as under:-

(2). Under Rule 14 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 (for short the C.C.A. Rules), the nature of penalties have been enumerated and they are;

(i) censure;

(ii) withholding of increments of (or) promotion;

(iii) recovery from

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