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2025 DAILYLAW 110156 (ALL)

RAGHVENDRA SINGH v. State of U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

WRIA/19557/2024 · 2025-02-13

Ajay Bhanot

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:21501 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 19557 of 2024 Petitioner :- Raghvendra Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sujeet Kumar Rai Counsel for Respondent :- Arvind Kumar Singh,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Sujeet Kumar Rai, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Arvind Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 2 and 3 and learned Standing Counsel for the State. Shri Arvind Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondent submits that the petitioner has been suspended in contemplation of a departmental enquiry. The chargesheet has been served upon the petitioner. In case the charges are proved as per applicable standards of evidence in the departmental enquiry the petitioner may face a major penalty. Faced with this, Shri Sujeet Kumar Rai, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the relief sought in the writ petition. He recasts his relief. He submits that the petitioner shall join enquiry proceedings and establish his innocence. The only prayer made by the petitioner is that the enquiry be completed within a stipulated period of time. Shri Arvind Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 2 and 3 does not have any serious objection to the aforesaid prayer. In wake of the preceding discussion and without going into the merits of the case, the respondent authorities are directed to conclude the enquriy proceedings as per law within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of the representation. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 14.2.2025 Vandit Digitally signed by :- VANDIT AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad