Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:11611 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2213 of 2025 Petitioner :- Suresh Chandra Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shailendra Singh Chauhan,Abhiram Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Shailendra Singh Chauhan, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that when petitioner was working on the post of Consolidation Lekhpal in Kunda, District - Pratapgarh, a first information report was lodged against him under Sections 7, 13(1)D read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the petitioner was tried in the Court of Special Judge (P.C. Act), Gorakhpur. Simultaneously, disciplinary proceedings were also initiated against the petitioner by issuing charge sheet on 11.012013. 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the aforesaid criminal case ended in acquittal of the petitioner by means of judgment and order dated 20.07.2024, passed by the Special Judge (P.C. Act), Gorakhpur. 4. Grievance of petitioner is that due to pendency of criminal proceedings, services benefits which had accrued to the petitioner such as increment, pension etc. were not granted to him and even the disciplinary proceedings did not proceed further due to pendency of the criminal case for the same charges. 5. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that once criminal proceedings are completed, then there is no embargo on the respondents to proceed and conclude the disciplinary proceedings with expedition and in case disciplinary proceedings also result in exonatation of petitioner, the petitioner shall be paid all the service benefits to which he is entitled and accordingly has confines his prayer for suitable direction to respondent no. 2 to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against petitioner with expedition. 6. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in case suitable directions are issued to respondent no. 2 to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, without entering into the merits of the case, respondent no. 2 - Settlement Officer Consolidation, Lakhimpur Kheri is directed to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against petitioner by means of order dated 11.01.2013, with expedition, preferably within eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order, in accordance with law, subject to cooperation of the petitioner. 8. With aforesaid directions the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 24.2.2025 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench