https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169685 Rule 8(v) of the Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules did not permit reduction of a directly recruited employee to a lower post never held in his service career. The disciplinary finding of guilt was left undisturbed, but the penalty was held incompetent because the rule scheme did not authorise such a reduction and it would lead to an unreasonable result. If the charges justified a stronger consequence, the permissible course was dismissal or removal from service, not transfer to an unoccupied lower post. The reduction to Daftarband-Attender was quashed and the matter was sent back for reconsideration of punishment. en-us Mon, 04 Mar 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:20:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169685 Rule 8(v) of the Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules did not permit reduction of a directly recruited employee to a lower post never held in his service career. The disciplinary finding of guilt was left undisturbed, but the penalty was held incompetent because the rule scheme did not authorise such a reduction and it would lead to an unreasonable result. If the charges justified a stronger consequence, the permissible course was dismissal or removal from service, not transfer to an unoccupied lower post. The reduction to Daftarband-Attender was quashed and the matter was sent back for reconsideration of punishment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 04 Mar 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169685