ORDER 1. With the consent finally heard. 2. The petitioner is aggrieved by order dated 13.5.2016 whereby a punishment of stoppage of two annual increments was imposed on him. He is also aggrieved by appellate order dated 23.3.2017 whereby appellate authority without application of mind and without assigning reason rejected the appeal. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner on the strength of order passed in W.P. No. 4185/2017 (Dinesh Upadhyay v. State of M.P.) argued that the present case is squarely covered by the order of this Court. 4. Learned Panel Lawyer for the respondent/State opposed the same. 5. I have heard the parties at length. 6. The respondents issued a show cause notice dated 6.4.2016 (Annexure-P-1) to the petitioner. The petitioner filed his detailed reply on 12.4.2016 (Annexure-P-2). The petitioner explained his defence para-wise. 7. In turn, respondents passed the order of punishment dated 13.5.2016. I find substance in the argument of counsel for the petitioner that no reasons are assigned in the impugned order dated 13.5.2015 as to why defence taken by petitioner was not found trustworthy by the department. Reasons are held to be heartbeats of conclusion. In absence of reasons, the conclusions cannot sustain judicial scrutiny. For this reason alone, this Court deems it proper to set aside the order dated 13.5.2015 and the appellate order dated 23.3.2017. The matter is remitted back to the respondents to consider the reply of the petitioner and pass a fresh order to this extent. Writ petition is allowed.