THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA W.P.No.3436 of 2006 ORDER The petitioner has filed the present writ petition partly aggrieved by the Award of the Labour Court-II, Hyderabad, dated 4-1-2002, whereunder he was ordered to be reinstated into service with continuity of service but without back wages and on such reinstatement, the annual increments of the petitioner were ordered to be stalled for a period of three years with cumulative effect. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that once the order of removal dated 24.9.98 passed by the respondent was set aside, then the punishment of stoppage of annual increments for a period of three years with cumulative effect is highly excessive and not commensurate with the offence committed. Learned counsel for the respondent, however, submits that the petitioner has already been taken back into service and the order passed by the Labour Court with regard to stoppage of three increments with cumulative effect are just and fair. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I am of the considered opinion that since the order of removal dated 24.9.98 passed by the respondent has been set aside by the Labour Court directing reinstatement of the petitioner into service with continuity of service, the direction with regard to stoppage of three annual increments with cumulative effect is definitely on harsher side. Resultantly, this writ petition is partly allowed and the Award of the Labour Court is modified to the extent that the three annual increments of the petitioner would be without cumulative effect from the date of passing of the impugned award. Further, the petitioner is entitled to all consequential benefits. The rest of the Award passed by the Labour Court is upheld. ________________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA,J rkk Dated: 9-12-2010