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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TELANGANA
NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA
Ch Somaiah – Appellant
Versus
TelanganaState Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd – Respondent
ORDER :
(NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA, J.)
In this Writ Petition, Memo dated 10.07.2013 and consequential Appellate Authority Order dated 03.10.2013 is under challenge.
2. Petitioner was appointed as a Lower Division Clerk (LDC) on 12-05-1998 under B.P.Ms.No.36 dated 18-05-1997. Subsequently, he was promoted as Upper Division Clerk (UDC) in September 2008 and posted at the Electricity Revenue Office (ERO), Kothagudem. While serving in this capacity, he was issued show cause notice dated 06-03-2009 by the Superintending Engineer proposing departmental action against him based on certain lapses, which were outlined in the preliminary report submitted by the Accounts Officer (Revenue) dated 30-09-2008 and to award the punishment of stoppage of three annual grade increments with cumulative effect. Petitioner submitted reply, though not convincing, taking a lenient view, the Superintending Engineer, who had issued show cause notice, passed final order on 30-06-2009, imposing punishment of stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect. While the Appeal was pending, the Chief General Manager (Human Resources & Development) [CGM(HRD)], set aside both the show cause notice dated 06-03-2009 and the fi
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