O R D E R

Hon’ble Mr. Rajinder Kashyap, Member (A):

By filing the instant OA under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicant is seeking the following reliefs:

"(i) That the Hon'ble Tribunal may graciously be pleased to pass an order of quashing the impugned penalty order dated 15.05.2024 (Annex.A/I), Appellate Authority order dated 31.07.2024 (Annex.A/2), Charge Sheet dated 27.10.2023 (Annex.A/4), Inquiry Officer report dated 23.03.2024 (communicated vide letter dated 01.04.2024) (Annex.A/5), declaring to the effect that the same are illegal, arbitrary and against the rules and consequently, pass an order directing the respondents to grant all the consequential benefits to the applicant including restoration of pay and post with arrears of difference of pay and allowance.

(ii) That in case of not granted the above prayed relief (i) for any reasons, the Hon'ble Tribunal may graciously be pleased to pass an order of quashing the Penalty compliance order dated 22.08.2024 (Annex.A/3) and pass an order directing the respondents to fix the pay of the applicant as per the Govt. of India OM dated 5.2.2014 with all the consequential benefits including arrears of differ