Ram Kishore vs State Of Haryana Etc on 29 January, 2020
Reply has been filed. As per the said reply, the authorities were
fully justified in passing the said order in view of Rule 7.3 Volume I, Part I
of Punjab Civil Services Rules, which shows that the competent authority
on ordering reinstatement of an employee would take a decision whether or
not the employee is entitled to full pay and allowances from the date of his
suspension to the date of reinstatement or from the order of dismissal to the
date of reinstatement or not and in case the authorities are of the opinion
that the employee was fully exonerated, he can always be given the full
salary but in the present case, he was never fully exonerated and he was
given the punishment of censure. Secondly, he was suspended on account of
a criminal case pending against him. He was acquitted in the said criminal
case by granting him benefit of doubt. Since, he was not honourably
acquitted and only on account of benefit of doubt, he was not entitled to full
pay and allowances. Reliance was placed on the judgment rendered by this
High Court in the case of Jhilman Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others,
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2014(2) RSJ 461.