1 2025:CGHC:33086 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6856 of 2025 1 - Prafulla Kumar Bapat S/o Late Krishna Vinayak Bapat Aged About 59 Years Occupation - Scale It Officer (Dismissed), R/o Flat No. A/304, Shalom High-Tech Tower Ameri Bilaspur, Tahsil And District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Mo. No. 9826356290 ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank Through Its Chairman Cum Disciplinary Authority, Corporate Office, Sector-24, Plot No. 47, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District - Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ratnesh Agrawal, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. P. R. Patankar, Advocate on advance copy Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 15/07/2025 1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition claiming the following reliefs:- 2 10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for entire records of departmental enquiry and record of appeal regarding present case from respondent authority. 10.2 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the order dated 30.03.2024 passed by respondent (Annexure-P/1) and further be please to direct to the respondent to conclude departmental enquiry within 01 month or close the said enquiry proceeding, is in the interest of justice. 10.3 That, any other relief/ order which may deem fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case including award of the costs of the petition may be given. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner was working as Scale Grade -II officer at the Respondent/ Bank certain charges have been levelled against the petitioner for which two charge- sheets have been issued, out of which one charge-sheet dated 04.01.2023 and another charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023. With respect to the charge-sheet dated 04.01.2023, the departmental enquiry was concluded and the petitioner was held guilty in the alleged charge for which the departmental appeal filed by the petitioner has also been decided and the writ petition is pending before this Court whereas with respect to the charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023, the departmental appeal is still pending before the enquiry officer in which all the enquiry proceeding with respect to the examination of the witnesses and argument of the parties have already been concluded. Therefore, a direction may be issued to the concerned officer to conclude the departmental enquiry with respect to the charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023 within the stipulated time frame. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent, on instruction would submit that he has no objection if such a direction is to be made to conclude the departmental enquiry with respect to the charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023 within the stipulated time frame. He would also submit that the Bank has kept the enquiry proceeding with respect to the charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023 in abeyance vide order dated 30.03.2024 (Annexure-P/1), therefore, the enquiry with respect to the charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023 is pending. However, he has no 3 objection if such a direction is being made to conclude the departmental enquiry with the stipulated time frame. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material annexed with the petition. 5. Considering the limited submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and also with respect to the issue involved in the case, further considering that the departmental enquiry with respect to the charge sheet dated 28.02.2023 is kept in abeyance by the respondent/ Bank, it is directed that the departmental enquiry against the petitioner pending with respect to charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023 shall be concluded by the Respondent/ Bank within two months from the date of receipt of copy of this order in accordance with law on its own merits after giving proper opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned. 6. The order dated 30.03.2024 (Annexure-P/1) shall not come on the way to decide the pending departmental proceeding with respect to the charge-sheet dated 28.02.2023. 7. With the aforesaid observation, the present writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge sagrika