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2025 DAILYLAW 157912 (ALL)

RAVI SRIVASTAVA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. LABOUR DEPTT. U.P. LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

WRIA/9060/2025 · 2025-08-14

Manish Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:47528 Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9060 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ravi Srivastava Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Labour Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rakshit Raj Singh,Ayush Agarwal Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Jogendra Nath Verma Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner, learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite parties 1, 3, 4 and 5 and Mr. Jogendra Nath Verma, learned counsel for opposite party no.2. 2. Present petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India has been filed seeking direction to authority concerned to provide document/information sought by petitioner during enquiry proceedings in order to enable him to submit an effective reply. Further prayer has been sought for a time-frame to conclude the enquiry proceedings instituted vide order dated 07.03.2024. 3. Learned State Counsel has been provided written instruction dated 05.08.2025, a copy of which is taken on record, and submits that all the relevant documents sought by petitioner have already been provided to him and further time has also been granted to petitioner for filing of reply. 4. The said assertion has been refuted by learned counsel for petitioner with submission that during course of enquiry proceedings, he had submitted letters dated 09.12.2024 and 23.12.2024 seeking certain documents which have not yet been been provided. 5. Since a trivial issue is in question, the authority concerned/enquiry officer is directed to provide the documents sought for by petitioner through letters dated 09.12.2024 and 23.12.2024, if not already provided, within a period of ten days from the date a certified copy of this order is served upon enquiry officer. In case for some reason, the documents cannot be supplied to petitioner, he shall be granted access to such documents within the said time-frame. Subsequently, petitioner shall have fifteen days' time to submit his reply to charge sheet. Enquiry proceedings shall be concluded expeditiously within a period of five months from the last date provided to petitioner for submission of his reply. 6. With aforesaid direction, the petition stands finally disposed of. Order Date :- 14.8.2025 kvg/- Digitally signed by :- GIREESAN KV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- GIREESAN KV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench