Section 19(1)(a) in Service Statutes of the Establishment of the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai
(a)Minor Penalties:(i)Censure;(ii)Withholding of increment without cumulative effect;(iii)Fine not exceeding Rs. 25 (rupees twenty five only) at a time in the case of employees of Group "D".(iv)Withholding of promotion;(v)Recovery from pay of the whole or part of the any pecuniary loss caused to the University by negligence or breach of orders;(vi)Recovery from pay to the extent necessary of the monetary value equivalent to the amount of reduction to a lower stage in a time scale ordered where such an order cannot be given effect to;(vii)Recovery from pay to the extent necessary of the monetary value equivalent to the amount of increments ordered to be withheld where such an order cannot be given effect to;(viii)Suspension, where a person has already been suspended in contemplation of an enquiry into grave charges or a pending enquiry, to the extent considered necessary by the authority imposing the penalty.