Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:9079 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1759 of 2025 Petitioner :- Raj Bahadur Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief/ Prin. Secy. Revenue Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya) Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Shri Raj Kumar Upadhyaya, learned counsel for petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the material available on record. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner is working on the post of Consolidation Officer and has superannuated from service on 28.02.2022. It is s tated submitted that after his superannuation, the respondents have initiated a disciplinary inquiry and a charge sheet was submitted to the petitioner on 26.09.2022, the response to which has already been submitted on 19.05.2023. It has further been submitted that inquiry officer has concluded the inquiry and submitted his report to the disciplinary authority on 05.10.2023 and the petitioner has been served with a show cause notice on 30.10.2023 to which the petitioner has responded on 01.12.2023 and after passing one year and three months, no action has been taken and the matter is pending with the disciplinary authority. 3. In the aforesaid circumstances, learned counsel for petitioner has prayed for a suitable direction to the respondent no. 2- Consolidation Commissioner, U.P. Indira Bhawan, Lucknow to conclude the proceedings expeditiously. 4. Learned Standing Counsel does not object the prayer made by the petitioner. 5. In light of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 2 Consolidation Commissioner, U.P. Indira Bhawan, Lucknow to conclude the disciplinary proceedings in accordance with law, expeditiously say within a period of four weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. . (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 12.2.2025 Virendra Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench