Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:47201 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8981 of 2025 Petitioner :- Raghvendra Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Cooperative Lko. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Daya Shankar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Kumar Verma,Syed Aftab Ahmad Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-State No.1 and Sri Syed Aftab Ahmad, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent No.4. No notice is being issued to the respondents No.2, 3 & 5 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed. With the consent of learned counsel appearing on behalf of the contesting parties, the instant writ petition is being finally decided. Under challenge is the suspension order dated 28.07.2025 passed by the respondent No.2, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing at some length states that the departmental inquiry may be directed to be finalized against the petitioner within a specified time. To the aforesaid prayer, learned counsels appearing on behalf of the respondents have no objection. Accordingly, taking into consideration the aforesaid, it is provided that respondents shall proceed to issue a charge sheet to the petitioner within three weeks from today. On receipt of the charge sheet, the petitioner shall submit his reply within next two weeks. After submission of the reply, the respondents shall finalize the disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner and the disciplinary authority shall proceed to pass a final order within a further period of eight weeks. Needless to mention that the petitioner shall cooperate with the inquiry proceedings and he shall also be given due opportunity of hearing in the said inquiry proceedings. In case the petitioner does not cooperate in the inquiry proceedings, 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. Disposed of. Order Date :- 13.8.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench