23. Counting of periods of suspension:-
Time passed by a Government servant under suspension pending
enquiry into conduct shall count as qualifying service where, on conclusion of
such inquiry, he has been fully exonerated or the suspension is held to be
wholly unjustified. In other cases, the period of suspension shall not count
unless the authority competent to pass orders under the rule governing such
cases expressly declares at the time that it shall count to such extent as the
competent authority may declare.