Imposition of Penalty of reduction-specifying the period

O.M.No.GAD (S-1) 44 SSR 59, Bangalore, dated 20th July 1959.
Imposition of Penalty of reduction-specifying the period

One of the penalties specified in Rule 8 of the Mysore Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1957 is reduction to a lower service, grade or post. According to Rule 7 of Mysore Govt. Servants (Seniority) Rules, 1957 when a Government servant is reduced to lower service, class or grade without specifying the rank to which he should be reduced in the lower service, class or grade or the period for which he should be reduced, he is normally placed at the top of the lower service, class or grade. In such cases he will be eligible for promotion when the next vacancy in the higher grade occurs. In case such a vacancy arises immediately after a Government servant is reduced to a lower grade or class and the delinquent Government servant is promoted to the higher grade the intention underlying his reduction to a lower service or grade would be defeated. In order to avoid such contingencies, the disciplinary authorities are requested to see that while issuing orders imposing the penalty of reduction to a lower service, class or grade(a) the rank to which the Government Servants concerned should be reduced in the lower grade or service is expressly specified and (b) the period for which the reduction order should be in effect, i.e., during which he shall not be considered for promotion, is specifically mentioned. The result of such an order will be that the Government servant cannot be promoted (i.e., restored) to the higher grade until the period expires. After the period expires, he is not automatically restored to the higher grade but will be eligible to be considered for promotion when the next vacancy occurs.