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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14831 of 2025 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.
1. Heard Sri Pranesh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri G.P.Singh on behalf of Jai Krishna Upadhyay and Sri K.K.Rao on behalf of respondents .
2. Petitioner has tried to place his case that he has been put under suspension repeatedly despite earlier this Court has interfered to some extent.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that preliminary inquiry was initiated on the basis of a news report which refers allegations of various default of recovery of outstanding arrears of electricity bills of many consumers and for that petitioner has already suffered departmental inquiry.
4. Per contra, learned counsel for the respondents submitted that this is a continuous default on part of the petitioner and preliminary inquiry was conducted in which the petitioner has also participated, therefore, at this stage Court may not interfere.
5. I have considered the above submissions.
6. In the present case, since there are some disputed facts and the petitioner has still an opportunity to place his case effectively in departmental proceedings, therefore, it would be appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction that disciplinary inquiry shall be Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pranesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Jai Krishna Upadhyay, K.K.Rao Rajneesh Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)
concluded within a period of six weeks with co-operation of petitioner and in case the respondents are not able to conclude the inquiry within the aforesaid period, suspension order will be kept in abeyance.
7. With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition is disposed of. September 26, 2025 SB WRIA No. 14831 of 2025 2 (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.) Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP BHATTACHARYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad