Suspension, means, 'action of debarring or state of being debarred, especially, for a time, from a function or privilege; temporary deprivation of one's office or position, or again, state of being temporarily kept from doing or deprived of something. Dictionary meaning of expression 'suspend' is to debar, usually for a time, from any privilege from the execution of an office or from the enjoyment of such a position or status and resultant benefit of the office and its privileges. The object of suspension is to remove any person holding the elected office or public office temporarily from his sphere of enjoyment of status, position, power and privilege, Nasir Khan Nivas Khan Pathan v. Dist. Devpt. Officer, Bharuch (FB), AIR 2002 Guj 143.
Suspension, to equate it to a reduction in rank. One of the meanings of the word is; 'to deter' to debar from any privilege, office emolument, etc., for a time. It is clear that a suspension is a temporary act and cannot amount to a reduction in rank, Thimmareddy v. State of Andhra, (1957) 2 Andh WR 35.