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2025 DAILYLAW 112760 (ALL)

PRAMOD KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

WRIA/20709/2024 · 2025-02-17

Ajit Kumar

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:23576 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 20709 of 2024 Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Puneet Bhadauria,Shiv Raj Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Re: Civil Misc. (Amendment) Application No.- 3 of 2025 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner does not want to press amendment application and as such the same may be directed to be dismissed as withdrawn. Accordingly, the amendment application is dismissed as withdrawn. Order on Petition Heard Sri Shiv Raj Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has questioned the order of suspension dated 19th November, 2024 on the ground that he is not involved in the matter of fraud. Learned Standing Counsel, however, submits that petitioner has already been served with chargesheet. Learned counsel for the petitioner does admit that petitioner has been served with chargesheet, to which he has already submitted reply and now the matter is pending at the stage of oral inquiry. In the given facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the chargesheet has already come to be served to the petitioner, this Court declines to grant indulgence in the matter of suspension. However, it is provided that since petitioner has already submitted reply to the chargesheet, the oral inquiry shall be concluded in the matter with due participation of the petitioner within a maximum period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order. After the oral inquiry is completed, the disciplinary proceedings shall also be brought to its logical end within a further period of two months with full compliance of principle of natural justice. Petitioner is directed to cooperate in the disciplinary proceedings. It is further provided that during the period petitioner remains under suspension, he shall be paid subsistence allowance and in the event he is not paid subsistence allowance or despite his due cooperation rendered in the disciplinary proceedings, the disciplinary proceedings does not stand concluded within the time prescribed herein above, the order of suspension shall stands revoked. Order Date :- 18.2.2025 Atmesh Digitally signed by :- ATMESH KESARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad