ORDER :

By way of present petition, petitioner has prayed for the following substantive reliefs:

“(i) That the impugned inquiry report dated 26.06.2018 contained in Annexure P-16, impugned punishment order dated 10.04.2019 contained in Annexure P-20 passed by respondent No.4 and office order dated 15.06.2020 contained in Annexure P-25 passed by respondent No.1 rejecting the appeal of the petitioner may kindly be quashed and set-aside being constitutionally void, arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory, void ab-initio, non-est, ultra vires and against the principles of natural justice, by issuing a writ of Certiorari;

(ii) That the writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be passed directing the respondents to treat the period of suspension from 22.01.2016 to 21.04.2016 as on duty and remaining consequential benefits be released to the petitioner alongwith interest @ 9% per annum;

(iii) That the writ in the nature of mandamus may also be passed directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the next higher post of Inspector/Cashier from the date persons junior to him have already been promoted as such and consequential benefits be released to the petitione