SCA/1396/2025

NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/1396/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 18/02/2025 2025:GUJHC:12158 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1396 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M. K. THAKKER ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No NO ========================================================== RANCHHODBHAI BHIKHABHAI NAYI Versus DIVISIONAL DIRECTOR ========================================================== Appearance: ANURADHA G RATHOD(7717) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR GK RATHOD(2386) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR HAMESH C NAIDU(5335) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M. K. THAKKER Date : 18/02/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the award passed by the learned Industrial Tribunal, Vadodara in Reference (IT) No.7 of 2023, which came to be dismissed and the penalty imposed by the appellate authority for stoppage of increment for three years with future effect came to be confirmed. 2. The facts leading to the dismissal of the pres