Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:14510 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2737 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shahid Jamal Siddiqui Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. U.P. State Tourism Lko. U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sanjay Misra,Pratyush Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Anurag Srivastava Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no. 1 and Sri Anurag Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent no. 2. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the instant writ petition is being finally decided. Sri Sanjay Misra, learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing at some length states that although the petitioner has challenged the suspension order 10.02.2025, a copy of which is annexure 1 to the writ petition yet subsequent thereto, a charge sheet has been served upon him. He states that he would be submitting his reply within a period of one week and prays that the competent authority be directed to finalize the said inquiry to which learned counsel appearing on behalf of the contesting parties have no objection. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to submit his reply to the charge sheet within a period of one week from today. The respondents shall finalize the departmental proceedings within next six weeks from the date of submission of the reply to the charge sheet. 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 :- 10.3.2025 Pachhere/- Digitally signed by :- SATYENDRA SINGH PACHHERE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench