The following penalties may be imposed on an employee, as hereinafter provided for misconduct committed by him or for any other good and sufficient reasons :- MINOR PENALTIES :
(a) Censure;
(b) Withholding of increment of pay with or without cumulative effect;
(c) Withholding of promotion;
(d) Recovery from pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to the Authority by the negligence or breach of orders or such other amount as may be due to him;
MAJOR PENALTIES :
(e) Reduction to a lower grade or post, or to a lower stage in a time scale;
(f) Compulsory retirement;
(g) Removal from service which shall not be a disqualification for future employment;
(h) Dismissal.
Explanation - The following shall not amount to a penalty within the meaning of this regulation :-
(a) withholding of increment of an employee on account of his work being found unsatisfactory or not being of required standard, or for failure to pass a prescribed test or examination ;
(b) non-promotion, whether in an officiating capacity or otherwise, of an employee to higher post for which he may be eligible for consideration but for which he is found unsuitable after consideration of his case ;
(c) reversion to a lower scale or post of an employee officiating in a higher grade or post, on the ground that he is considered, after trial, to be unsuitable for such higher grade or post, or on administrative grounds unconnected with his conduct;
(d) reversion to his previous grade or post of an employee appointed on probation to another grade or post, during or at the end of the period of probation in accordance with the terms of his appointment;
(e) Termination of service –
(i) of an employee appointed on probation, during or at the end of the period of probation, in accordance with the terms of his appointment;
(ii) of an employee appointed in a temporary capacity otherwise than the expiration of the period for which he was appointed or earlier in accordance with the terms of his appointment;
(iii) of an employee appointed under a contract or agreement in accordance with the terms of such contract or agreement; and
(iv) of any employee on reduction in establishment.