WPSS No. 1809 of 2005 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Shri Gopal Narain, the learned counsel for the petitioner. List has been revised. Learned counsel for the respondents is not present. The petitioner is aggrieved by an order dated 10/11/2005 by which a penalty of stoppage of increment and withholding the balance of the salary during the suspension period has been passed. The petitioner has also prayed that against the earlier order of penalty, an appeal had been preferred which has remained pending and, therefore, a direction should be issued to decide the same. Admittedly, the petitioner has a remedy of filing an appeal to a higher authority against the order dated 10/11/2005. This petition is disposed of with the direction that it would be open to the petitioner to file an appropriate appeal under the regulations. If such an appeal is filed, the authority will consider and decide the matter on merit and will not reject the same on the ground of limitation. In so far as pending appeal against earlier order of penalty is concerned, the appellate authority is directed to decide the same after granting opportunity of hearing to the appellant and decide the same by a reasoned and speaking order within three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 13.05.2010 Shiv