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2(v)The petitioner has submitted further representation on 11.08.2014. Agreed with the findings of the enquiry officer, the disciplinary authority i.e the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Head Quarters (i/c) Armed Reserve, Coimbatore awarded the punishment of postponement of increment for three years with cumulative effect on 14.01.2015. This order was served on the petitioner on 01.02.2015.

3.The petitioner preferred an appeal against the above order before the Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City. Considering the short service and as it was the first instance, his appeal was considered leniently and the punishment of postponement of increment for three years with cumulative effect was modified into that of postponement of increment for two years without cumulative effect by the Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City on 16.04.2015. Aggrieved against the said order, the petitioner filed this writ petition.

6.The learned Additional Government Pleader further submitted that in view of the specific findings referred by the disciplinary authority it has been rightly awarded stoppage of increment for a period of three years with cumulative effect. Subsequently, the second respondent / Commissioner of Police / appellate authority has taken a lenient view reduced the punishment http://www.judis.nic.in of stoppage of increment for a period of two years without cumulative effect.

22.Since the Commissioner of Police has taken lenient view in reducing punishment from stoppage of increment for three years with cumulative effect to stoppage of increment for two years with cumulative effect, cannot be termed as excessive and the same is in consonance with the proved charges and hence, there was no illegality or infirmity in the order passed by the second respondent http://www.judis.nic.in and the same is hereby confirmed. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.