Inflicting penalty without any authority

Rule 27 is nodoubt a residuary penal provision. But, any act or omission which the officer thinks is an offence cannot be brought under that rule for imposing penalty. The act or omission must be an offence under one provision or the other under the Act or under the rules, for which no separate penalty has been prescribed. It is too much to expect the present breed of adjudicators to apply their minds in this manner.

Gururaj B N 28/05/2015