PATNA, India, Aug. 7 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on July 16:

1.Heard Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

2.The order put to challenge in this writ petition is dated 25.10.2013 issued by the District Programme Officer (Establishment), Kaimur (Bhabhua) by Memo No.2975 dated 25.10.2013 (Annexure-3 to the writ petition), whereby the petitioner has been imposed punishment of stoppage of one increment with cumulative effect and also by holding that nothing can be paid to the petitioner except subsistence allowance during the suspension period of the petitioner.

3.The ground on which the aforesaid punishment order has been challenged is that the enquiry office...