HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 12361/2024 Balram Singh S/o Devi Singh, Aged About 52 Years, R/o Paharpur, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Medical And Health Department (Group-Iv), Secretariat, Rajasthan, Jaipur. 2. The Director, Directorate Of Ayurved, Rajasthan, Ajmer. 3. The Disciplinary Authority And Additional Director, Directorate Of Ayurved, Rajasthan, Ajmer. 4. The Deputy Director, Department Of Ayurved, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Mukesh Pal Jadoun For Respondent(s) : JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND Order 01/04/2025 1. The instant writ petition has been preferred against the impugned order dated 07.12.2020 passed by the Disciplinary Authority, by which the petitioner is punished with penalty of stoppage of one annual increment without cumulative effect. 2. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the aggrieved by the aforesaid order, the petitioner has preferred an appeal under Rule 23 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 before the Appellate Authority and the same was sent by post. Counsel submits (2 of 2) [CW-12361/2024] that when the matter was not decided for a considerable time, a query was made from the Appellate Authority about the outcome of the said appeal. Counsel submits that then only the petitioner came to know that the respondents have not received the same. 3. Considering the above factual aspect of the matter and looking to the fact that the order impugned is appealable before the Appellate Authority, the petitioner may file one more memo of appeal against the impugned order before the Statutory Appellate Authority. 4. In case, the petitioner prefers appeal within a period of one month from today, it is expected from the Appellate Authority to decide the same expeditiously, as early as possible on its merits, after affording due opportunity of hearing to all the respective parties, preferably within a period of three months thereafter, ignoring the period of limitation. 4. The stay application and all pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J KuD/7