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2025 DAILYLAW 9906 (ALL)

SAI PRAKASH v. UNION OF INDIA AND 6 OTHERS

WRIA/725/2025 · 2025-02-16

Ajay Bhanot

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:22024 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 725 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sai Prakash Respondent :- Union Of India And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Harshdeep Kushwaha,Santosh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Sachin Mishra Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Harshdeep Kushwaha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Sachin Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents No.2 to 6. The petitioner has been suspended by the impugned order dated 06.08.2024 passed by the respondent No.2 in contemplation of a departmental enquiry. The charges are of grave nature which include financial embezzlement and fraud. The charge-sheet has been served upon the petitioner. No interference is warranted in the impugned order of suspension. Faced with this, Shri Harshdeep Kushwaha, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the reliefs sought in the writ petition. He recasts the reliefs. He submits that the inquiry proceedings may be concluded in a stipulated period of time. In wake of the aforesaid submissions and without going into the merits of the case, interest of justice will be served by directing the disciplinary authority to conclude the inquiry proceedings within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The petitioner is directed to cooperate in the inquiry proceedings. In case the enquiry officer is not concluded within the aforesaid period, it is open to the petitioner to approach the Court. With the aforesaid direction the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 17.2.2025 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