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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 15314 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Himanshu Singh, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri S.K. Pal, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that the writ petitioner was appointed and re-designated on the post Passenger Tax/Goods Tax Officer and he was thereafter posted in the office of the Assistant Regional Transport Officer (Administration), Bhadoi on 11.12.2024 an order came to be passed by the Transport Commissioner, U.P., Lucknow placing the writ petitioner under suspension thereafter, a charge sheet came to be served in the month of January, 2025 to which the writ petitioner claims to have submitted his reply on 10.02.2025 and an inquiry report came to be submitted by the Inquiry Officer on 22.07.2025 and a show cause notice accompanied with the inquiry report came to be served upon the writ petitioner on 09.07.2025 to which the writ petitioner has submitted his objection on 04.08.2025. 3. Grievance of the writ petitioner is that the writ petitioner has been kept under suspension for indefinite period despite the fact that there is no lacking laxity or apathy at the end of the writ petitioner and further he has not been paid the subsistence allowance which is liable to be paid in accordance with the rules. According to him, pendency of the inquiry proceedings is jeopardizing his service and academic career. 4. Sri S.K. Pal, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, on the other hand, submits that whatever might be the writ petitioner is entitled to the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Siddharth Khare, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Rajesh Singh Kushwaha .....Petitioner(s) State Of Up And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)
payment of subsistence allowance as per the rules and further inquiry proceedings are to be given a logical end without any delay. 5.
Considering the submission so made across and after going through the record, the writ petition stands disposed of in the following manner.- (a) the writ petitioner shall submit a self attested copy of the writ petition along with certified copy of the order by 27.10.2025 before the second respondent, Transport Commissioner, U.P., Lucknow; (b) on the said motion, the disciplinary authority shall take appropriate steps for concluding the inquiry in accordance with the rules; (c) In case the writ petitioner has not been paid subsistence allowance, then the same shall be paid forthwith subject to the compliance of the rules, if any; (d) the inquiry proceedings be given a logical end within a period of one month, thereafter. October 13, 2025 Rajesh WRIA No. 15314 of 2025 2 (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad