IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5072 of 2006 RAMA SHANKAR JHA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 03. 3.11.2010 The order of punishment is withholding of one increment, that is least punishment which can be imposed after censure to an employee after he is otherwise found guilty in a departmental proceeding. The explanation being offered by the learned senior counsel representing the petitioner and the circumstance under which the decision came to be taken by him are matters to be looked into by the enquiry officer as well as the disciplinary authority. It is not the case that the order of punishment has come to visit the petitioner in absence of material which came against him. The misdemeanour is there and the least punishment which could be imposed against him has been awarded. The Court is therefore not enthused to interfere with the matter on any score. The writ application is dismissed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)