1. The petitioner before this Court working as Assistant Engineer, Madhya Pradesh, Urja Vikas Nigam, Gwalior has filed this present writ petition being aggrieved by the punishment order dated 14.7.2009 by which a punishment of stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect has been inflicted upon him and by the same order a recovery of Rs. 1,37,395.00 has also been ordered against him. The contention of the petitioner is that a ch3fge-sheet was issued on 30.8.1997 levelling 5 charges against the petitioner and the petitioner did submit a reply of the charges levelled against him and thereafter the Disciplinary Authority not being satisfied with the reply of the petitioner appointed an Inquiry Officer to inquire into the alleged misconduct. The petitioner has further stated that the Inquiry Officer has conducted a detailed enquiry as provided under the M.P. Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966 and the Inquiry Officer has exonerated the petitioner in respect of all charges, the copy of enquiry report is on record as Annexure P-7. The petitioner has further stated that the Disciplinary Authority after receiving the enquiry report has forwarded the di