IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 24.11.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN R.Murali, Sub Inspector of Police, Assistant Law Instructor, Police Recruit School, Salem. .. Petitioner vs

1.The Director General of Police, Law and Order, Chennai.

2.Deputy Inspector General of Police, Coimbatore Range, Coimbatore. .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the first respondent herein in his proceedings Rc.No.212107/NGB I(2)/2013 dated 22.03.2014 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents herein to promote the petitioner as Inspector of Police (Taluk) in the light of the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Deputy Inspector General of Police Vs. V.Rani (2011 (4) MLJ page 1) without reference to punishment of postponement of increment for one year without cumulative effect imposed in P.R.No.26/2010 dated 09.08.2010 and P.R.No.16/H2/2010 dated 25.01.2011 with all consequential monetary and service benefits.

For Petitioner : Mr.G.Suresh For Respondents : Mr.P.Balathandayutham, Special Government Pleader

ORDER

Mr.Murali, Sub Inspector of Police attached to Police Recruit School, Salem, has preferred this writ petition, challenging the order passed by the Director General of Police vide proceedings dated 22.03.2014 for non-inclusion of his name in the panel of C list of Sub Inspectors of Police fit for promotion as Inspectors of Police (Taluk) for the panel year 2013-2014 for having currency of postponement of increment without cumulative effect.

2. The subject matter of the writ petition is that writ petitioner was serving as Sub Inspector of Police and the name of the writ petitioner was supposed to be included in the C list of Sub Inspectors of Police fit for promotion as Inspectors of Police (Taluk) for the panel year 2012-2013. While considering his name for inclusion, it was found that he suffers currency of punishment as below:

S.No. PR No. & Rule Punishment awarded and by whom

1 13/2010 u/r 3(a) of ThiruvarurP ostponement of next increment for District one year without cumulative effect by SP, Thiruvarur on 23.04.2010. This punishment takes effect from

01.01.2011 to 31.12.2011.

2 PR No.14/2010 u/r 3(a) ofP ostponement of next increment for Thiruvarur District one year without cumulative effect by SP, Thiruvarur on 23.04.2010. This punishment takes monetary effect from 01.01.2012 to

31.12.2012.

3 PR No.26/2010 u/r 3(a) ofP ostponement of next increment for Thiruvarur District one year without cumulative effect by SP, Thiruvarur on 09.08.2010. This punishment takes monetary effect from 01.01.2013 to

31.12.2013.

4 PR No.16/2010 u/r 3(a) of SalemP ostponement of next increment for District one year without cumulative effect by ADSP, Crime, Salem on 25.01.2011. This punishment takes monetary effect from 01.01.2014 to

31.12.2014.

Hence his name was not included.

3. Being aggrieved, the present writ petition is filed on the ground that the punishment of postponement of increment for one year without cumulative effect passed on 09.08.2010 which had monetary effect from 01.01.2013 ought not to have stood in the way of the name of the petitioner being considered for inclusion in the promotional list in view of the Full Bench judgment rendered by this Court in The Deputy Inspector General of Police Vs. V.Rani reported in (2011 (4) MLJ 1). The contention of the writ petitioner is that in the light of the dictum laid down by the Full Bench of this Court, on the date of consideration for drawal of the panel, the petitioner was not suffering any punishment. According to the writ petitioner, when there is no currency of punishment, his name ought not to have been excluded from the promotional panel. He pleads that the punishment of postponement of increment for one year without cumulative effect by order dated 25.01.2011 is only in respect of monetary effec