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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:86855 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7248 of 2025 Petitioner :- Arun Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Saurabh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. The order of suspension dated 02.05.2025 records that the regular departmental proceedings are contemplated against the petitioner to enquire into various act of financial embezzlement. The misconduct alleged against the petitioner is grave enough to warrant a major penalty in case the same is established in the regular enquiry proceedings as per applicable standards of evidence. Shri S.P. Shahi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents submits that there is no infirmity in the suspension order dated 02.05.2025. No interference is called for in the impugned suspension
order. Faced with this, Shri Saurabh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the reliefs sought in the writ petition. He recasts the reliefs. The only prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the enquiry may be concluded within a stipulated period of time.
In this wake and without going into the merits of the case, the respondents-authorities are directed to conclude the inquiry proceedings within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The petitioner is directed to cooperate in the enquiry proceeding. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is finally
disposed of.
Order Date :- 22.5.2025 Ashish Tripathi Digitally signed by :- ASHISH NAYAN TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ASHISH NAYAN TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad