The order was issued on June 21 by the Competent Disciplinary Authority (CDA) under the Ministry of Finance.
As per the complaint made by the woman in year 2012, the deputy Legal Advisor A C Singh had called her frequently to Delhi under the pretext of meetings and briefing counsels of the Supreme Court and on all such occasions he had sexually harassed her.
"It agreed with the UPSC that ends of justice would be met if the penalty of reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay by three stages for a period of three years is imposed upon Singh with the direction that he will not earn increments of pay during the period of such reduction", stated the order of CDA signed by Under Secretary V Sreekumar.
However, the order did not specify the exact years of suspension of Singh's increments.
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Later, she filed a formal complaint in December 2012 after which the matter was referred to the internal Complaint committee of the agency.
The panel concluded in January 2014 that allegations against Singh were proved and recommended to CDA the imposition of appropriate major penalty as well as compensation of Rs 10,000 to be paid to the employee, stated the order.
The complainant had alleged that Singh started harassing her verbally after she joined the ED office in Delhi, and later when she was posted in Mumbai he called her and made lewd remarks.
During the inquiry against him, Singh said the concerned employee was incompetent and foisting a false case against him over her fear of losing the job, the order said.
However, the CDA said there is no merit in his representation.