Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:30816 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 19160 of 2024 Petitioner :- Dr Hakim Singh Respondent :- State Of Up And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manish Kumar Kashyap,V.P. Singh Kashyap Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226, the petitioner has made a prayer for writ of mandamus to permit him to join as the departmental enquiry pursuant to the chargesheet is getting lingered on. 3. Learned Standing Counsel for the State submits that the petitioner has since submitted reply to the chargesheet, there is no question to grant indulgence at this stage and moreso the second prayer in the petition is to the effect that the departmental enquiry may be expedited. 4. In the given facts and circumstances, while I decline to grant indulgence in the matter of order of suspension, I hereby provide that since the petitioner has already submitted reply to the chargesheet the departmental enquiry shall be concluded within a maximum period of two months of production of certified copy of this order and the petitioner shall be cooperating with the same. After the enquiry report is submitted as the case may be the departmental enquiry and the disciplinary proceedings shall be concluded within the next one months' time. 5. It is made clear that the claim for salary shall abide by the result of the disciplinary proceedings. It is further provided that in the event despite due cooperation rendered by the petitioner the departmental enquiry and disciplinary proceedings is not concluded as directed hereinabove the order of suspension passed against the petitioner pursuant to the order dated 23.03.2023 shall stand revoked. Order Date :- 4.3.2025 Deepika Digitally signed by :- DEEPIKA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad