Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:9573 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1728 of 2025 Petitioner :- Amit Prakash Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Energy Sectt. Lko And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Girish Kumar Pandey,Sher Bahadur Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Neerav Chitravanshi Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents No.1, Shri Ashutosh Mishra, learned counsel appearing for respondents no.2 to 4 and Shri Piyush Kishore, holding brief of Shri Neerav Chitravanshi, learned counsel for respondent No.5. 2. Under challenge is the suspension order dated 12.05.2023, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the petition. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that despite the aforesaid suspension order and charge-sheet having been served on the petitioner and the petitioner having submitted his reply, the respondents have failed to conclude the enquiry proceedings against the petitioner consequently the suspension order merits to be set aside on this ground alone. 4. On the other hand, Shri Ashutosh Mishra, learned counsel appearing for respondents No.2 to 4 states that on account of non cooperation of the petitioner in the enquiry proceedings and he having absented himself enquiry proceedings could not be concluded but states that the inquiry shall be concluded positively within a period of 15 days from today. Aforesaid statement is recorded. 5. It is further provided that in case the enquiry is not completed within 15 days from today as stated by the learned counsel for the respondents No.2 to 4, impugned suspension order shall stand revoked without prejudice to the further action that may be taken by the respondents against the petitioner in pursuance of the enquiry. 6. With the aforesaid, the writ petition stands disposed of . 7. 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. Order Date :- 14.2.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench