Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:137469 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11660 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashwani Bedi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pranesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- Abhishek Srivastava,C.S.C.,Kartikeya Saran Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri Pranesh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Abhishek Srivastava and Sri Kartikeya Saran, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This is the second round of litigation. 3. In the first round of litigation, punishment order dated 20.8.2022 passed by the Managing Director Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Meerut was quashed vide order dated 19.10.2023 passed in Writ A No. 13111 of 2023,Ashwani Bedi Vs. State Of U.P. And 4 Others, Neutral Citation No. 2023:AHC:203602. A certiorari was also issued, whereby the inquiry report dated 2.3.2022 was also quashed. However, a liberty was granted to the respondents if they so elect to proceed afresh against the petitioner from the stage of the charge-sheet, strictly in accordance with law. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that thereafter on 20.1.2024, an Office Memorandum was issued to proceed against the petitioner on basis of charge-sheet, however, it has not progressed and till date no inquiry report is being submitted and due to pendency of inquiry petitioner is not being considered for promotion. 5. Per contra, learned counsel for the respondents on basis of instructions submitted that inquiry is in progress and inquiry report will be submitted within a period of four weeks and its legal consequence shall follow. 6. I have considered the aforesaid submissions. 7. Since a co-ordinate Bench of this Court has granted liberty to the respondents that if they so elect to proceed afresh against the petitioner from the stage of the charge-sheet, strictly in accordance with law, therefore, there is no error in the fresh procedure. However, since the petitioner is under zone of consideration for promotion, therefore, inquiry be concluded expeditiously, if already not concluded. 8. As referred above, since learned counsel for respondents has ensured that inquiry report will be submitted within a period of four weeks and consequently inquiry will be concluded within a period of four weeks thereafter and its legal consequence will follow, therefore, considering the assurance given by learned counsel for respondents, this writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 13.8.2025 SB Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP BHATTACHARYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad