Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:45965 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2941 of 2025 Petitioner :- Chandrika Prasad Respondent :- Managing Director And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ghan Shyam Maurya Counsel for Respondent :- Awadhesh Kumar Saxena Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Ghan Shyam Maurya, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Awadhesh Kumar Saxena, learned counsel for the respondent. The petitioner is a contractual employee. The services of the petitioner have been terminated on the ground of misconduct allegedly committed by the petitioner. It is admitted that no enquiry was held to establish the charges against the petitioner as per applicable standards of evidence. A stigmatic order of termination has to be preceded by a regular departmental enquiry. In this wake the impugned order dated 03.09.2024 is liable to be set aside and is set aside. The matter is remitted to the respondent no. 3, Assistant Regional Manager, U.P.S.R.T.C. Fatehpur with the following directions: I. The respondent no. 3 shall cause an enquiry to be initiated against the petitioner after serving a chargesheet. II. The enquiry proceedings shall be completed as per law within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. III. The petitioner is directed to cooperate in the enquiry proceedings. The writ petition is allowed. Order Date :- 2.4.2025 Pravin Digitally signed by :- PRAVIN VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad