Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:6908 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1238 of 2025 Petitioner :- Satya Vir Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Housing And Urban Planning And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Karunanidhi Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ratnesh Chandra Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Supplementary affidavit filed today in Court by the learned counsel for the petitioner be kept on record. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, leaned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents no. 1 to 3 and Sri K.K.Pandey, Advocate, who has filed his Vakalatnama on behalf of the respondent no. 4, which is taken on record. Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing at some length submits that a charge sheet has already been issued to the petitioner but the objections filed by the petitioner to the maintainability of the inquiry have themselves been treated to be the reply of the charge sheet and the petitioner has in fact not submitted the reply to the charge sheet till date. As such, he prays that the petitioner may be permitted to submit reply to the charge sheet within a period of two weeks which may be directed to be considered by the respondents. To the aforesaid prayer, leaned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents no. 1 to 3 and Sri K.K.Pandey, Advocate have no objection. Considering the aforesaid, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits reply to the charge sheet within two weeks from today then the respondents shall proceed to consider the said reply and shall thereafter proceed to conclude the inquiry pending against the petitioner within a period of eight from the submission of the reply to the charge sheet and pass a final order. Needless to mention that the petitioner shall cooperate in the inquiry proceedings and in case the petitioner does not cooperate, the Inquiry Officer would be at liberty to inform the petitioner in writing about his non-cooperation and the period of non-cooperation would be excluded from the aforesaid period. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 29.1.2025 Pachhere/- Digitally signed by :- SATYENDRA SINGH PACHHERE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench