ORAL JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI)

Date : 05-07-2024 Appellant has assailed the order of the learned Single Judge dated 13.11.2019 passed in C.W.J.C. No.

19802 of 2019.

2. Grievance of the appellant is in respect of regulating the suspension period as a duty from the date of suspension till passing of a dismissal order. Dismissal order was modified by the Appellate Authority to withholding of three annual increments without cumulative effect. The learned Single Judge has not apprised the factual material information to the extent that there is no order of regulating the suspension period. In the counter affidavit, in the present L.P.A, Respondent Nos. 3 to 6 have furnished Annexures – A, B and C. Learned counsel for the Respondent pointed out Annexure- C suffice to the grievance of the appellant to the extent of regulating the suspension period. It is necessary to reproduce Annexure-C dated 05.06.2015 and it reads as under:-

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3- fuyEcu vof/k esa budh eq[;ky; ls vuqifLFkfr ds dkj.k bUgsa dqN Hkh ns; ugha gksxkA

4- Jh flUgk ds c[kkZLrxh ds fnu ls vk;qDr egksn; ds vkns”kksijkUr rd buds ;ksxnku vFkkZr ftyk LFkkiuk “kk[kk] floku esa mifLFkfr cukus dh frfFk dh vof/k dks Jh flUgk ds mikftZr vodk”k ls lek;kstu fd;k tk;A Jh fouksn dqekj flUgk dks vkns”k fn;k tkrk gS fd vpwd :i ls fnukad& 09-06-15 ds iwokZg~u esa viuk ;ksxnku iz[k.M dk;kZy;] xqBuh esa nsuk lqfuf”pr djsaA Kkikad&II&36@2008& 470 LFkk0@fnukad 06 twu 2015 bZ0 izfrfyfi%&1- vk;qDr ds lfpo] lkj.k ize.My] Nijk dks lknj lwpukFkZ ,oa vuqeksnukFkZ izsf’krA

2- mi fodkl vk;qDr] floku@vuqe.My inkf/kdkjh] floku lnj@ojh; izHkkjh inkf/kdkjh@dks’kkxkj inkf/kdkjh] floku dks lqpukFkZ ,oa vko”;d dk;kZFkZ izsf’krA

3- iz[k.M fodkl inkf/kdkjh] xqBuh dks lwpukFkZ ,oa vko”;d dk;kZFkZ izsf’krA

4- Jh fouksn dqekj flUgk] fyfid dks lwpukFkZ ,oa vuqikyukFkZ izsf’krA g0 ftyk inkf/kdkjh floku Perusal of the aforementioned order, appellant was asked to join duty on 09.06.2015. Item No.3 is in respect of the alleged fact that the appellant was not in the headquarter during his suspension period. This has no substance in the sense there is no iota of material information to the extent that during his suspension period whether disciplinary authority had issued show cause notice to the appellant to the extent that he is not in headquarter and as to why he is not entitled to subsistence allowance from time to time. Therefore, the aforementioned statement at Serial No. 3 of the order dated

05.06.2015 is a bereft of material information.

3. Be that as it may, Appellate Authority has modified the penalty of dismissal from service to that of withholding of three annual increments with cumulative effect as a minor penalty. Therefore, the appellant is entitled to regulate the suspension period as a duty or leave at his credit. If the appellant has not been provided subsistence allowance, in that event, the concerned disciplinary authority is hereby directed to pay the subsistence allowance. The disciplinary authority is also requested to verify in respect of imposition of minor penalty is concerned whether suspension period could be treated as suspension or not? To that effect there may be circulars issued by the competent authority and they may be part of Bihar Service Code. If such circulars are existing in the eye of law, in that event, the disciplinary authority is hereby requested to invoke such circular and regulate the suspension period as a duty and proceed to pay difference of pay during the intervening period of su