RANCHI, India, Feb. 23 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Jan. 22:

1. Heard, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

2. By filling this writ petition the petitioner is praying to quash the order dated 27.11.2020, contained in Memo No.6156 by which after conclusion of the departmental proceeding, the petitioner has been inflicted with punishment of stoppage of three increments without any cumulative effect. Further, he challenged the Appellate Order dated 01.12.2022 contained in Memo No.7576 also by which the appeal was rejected.

3. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner argues that the order is absolutely bad in law and the provisi...