IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1005 of 2006 Jagdish Chandra Pant …….Petitioner. Versus Zonal Manager (North) Food Corporation of India and others …Respondents. Sri Lalit Samant, Advocate present for the petitioner. Sri M.C. Pande, Advocate present for the respondents. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (oral) Heard Sri Lalim Samant, Advocate for the petitioner and Sri M.C. Pande, Advocate for the respondents. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order of his punishment dated 26.5.2005 (Annexure No. 8 to the writ petition) by which a minor punishment of withholding two annual increments with non-cumulative effect has been awarded to the petitioner. Since it is a minor punishment, the regulation does not prescribe for a departmental proceeding before awarding such punishment. All the same, opportunity of hearing was given to the petitioner and reply was sought. The charge against the petitioner was that while he was working in commercial section of D.O. Haldwani in the department of Food Corporation of India, he did not comply with the orders of his superior officer and did not prepare the fortnight statement of commercial section due to which his superior officer had to suffer. In short, the petitioner had not complied with the instructions and orders of the superior officer. The punishment awarded to the petitioner is absolutely just, as only two annual increments have been stopped, that too with non-cumulative effect. There is no good ground for interfering in the matter. Writ petition is 2 absolutely without merit and is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed. No order as to costs. Interim order, if any, stands vacated. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 14.2.2011 Avneet