In certain Standing Orders it is provided that if the suspension results in any punishment (even if it a minor one like Censure), then the employee is not entitled to any benefit except the subsistence allowance already paid.In other words, if the employee is honourably acquitted of the charges then the employee is to be treated as on duty for the suspension period and consequently entitled to the remaining salary and consequential benefits like increment, leave, bonus, incentives, promotion, protection of seniority and other service benefits for the period of suspension. The employee is to be treated as on duty and is entitled to all consequent benefits.
In this case it is not clear whether the employee was held guilty and punished or not. Also the applicable rules in this regard have to be seen.