JUDGMENT

(Prayer : Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorari, Calling for the records of the respondents in connection with the impugned orders passed by the 1st respondent in PR No.72/1998 dated 9.7.1998 and by the 2nd respondent in C.No.D1(4)/Appeal No.12/1998 dated 26.10.1998 and by the 3rd respondent in C.No.AP3(1)/264609/98 dated 3.3.1999 and C.No.24223/AP II(3)2001 dated 2.3.2001, RC No.249937/AP2(3)/08 dated 9.4.2010 and by the 4th respondent in GO (2D) No.346 Home (Pol IV) Department dated 25.7.2013 and quash the same.)

The order of postponement of one increment for one year without cumulative effect, which was confirmed by the Appellate Authority is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The writ petitioner states that he was directly recruited as Sub-Inspector of Police in the year 1976 and promoted to the post of Inspector of Police in the year 1988. He was further promoted as Deputy Superintendent of Police in the year 2003 and to the post of Additional Superintendent of Police during the eve of his retirement. The petitioner was allowed to retire from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.04.