Bipin Chander Negi, Judge

By way of the present appeal, challenge has been laid to the judgment dated 1.4.2023 passed in CWPOA No. 730 of 2019, titled Meena Arora vs. State of H.P. and others, wherein the challenge laid by the appellant/writ petitioner to the order dated 22.7.2011 imposing a penalty of withholding of one increment on the appellant/writ petitioner has been rejected. The appellant/writ petitioner, while working as TGT (NM) in Government Middle School Kallari, GSSS Ghumarwin, District Bilaspur, was charge-sheeted vide office order dated 6.4.2005. In pursuance thereto the Director/respondent No. 2 had ordered an inquiry. One Sh. Yogesh, i.e. Joint Director (Higher Education), was appointed as an Inquiry Officer to hold the inquiry. Upon conclusion of the inquiry, an inquiry report dated 11.10.2006 had been submitted by the aforesaid Inquiry Officer. As per the inquiry report, the appellant/writ petitioner was stated to have contravened the Conduct Rules. Based upon the same, a penalty of withholding three increments with cumulative effect was imposed upon the appellant/writ petitioner vide memorandum dated 18.4.2007.

2. Feeling aggrieved by the same, the appella