JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records of the respondent in connection with the impugned order passed by him in G.O.(2D) No.48, Home (Tr.II) Department, dated 14.02.2022 against the petitioner and quashing the same.

W.P.No.28750 of 2022: Petition filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records of the respondent in connection with the impugned order passed by him in G.O.(2D) No.49, Home (Tr.II) Department, dated 14.02.2022 against the petitioner and quashing the same.)

1. Challenging the punishment of stoppage of increment for a period of three years with cumulative effect imposed against the petitioners by the respondent by way of two separate government orders under G.O. (2D) No.48, Home (Transport-II) Department, dated 14.02.2022 and G.O. (2D) No.49, Home (Transport-II) Department, dated 14.02.2022, the petitioners have come forward with the present writ petitions individually.

2.0. The facts leading to the filing of the present writ petitions in brief are as under:-

2.1. The petitioner in W.