https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289381 Where a service rule prescribes withholding of increments or debarment from promotion as separate penalties, the disciplinary authority cannot combine them into one punishment. The proposed composite penalty was held to exceed the scope of the rule and was therefore invalid. The matter was remitted to the competent executive authority to apply its own mind and pass fresh final orders in accordance with law, after which consequential reinstatement was to follow. en-us Tue, 01 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:40:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289381 Where a service rule prescribes withholding of increments or debarment from promotion as separate penalties, the disciplinary authority cannot combine them into one punishment. The proposed composite penalty was held to exceed the scope of the rule and was therefore invalid. The matter was remitted to the competent executive authority to apply its own mind and pass fresh final orders in accordance with law, after which consequential reinstatement was to follow. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 01 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289381