1 2026:CGHC:14513 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3865 of 2020 1 - H R Chauhan (Hetram Chauhan) S/o Late Shri Puniram Chauhan Aged About 61 Years Occupation Govt. Employee, Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Development Department (Under Suspension) R/o Qr No. 48, Kelo Vihar Colony, Behind Of Collectorate, Raigarh, District- Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Throgh The Chief Secretary, Office Of The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Throgh The Secretary, Office Of The Secretary Department Of Scheduled Tribe And Scheduled Caste Development, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - Shri D.D. Singh The Secretary/ Disciplinary Authority, State Of Chhattisgarh, Department Of Scheduled Tribe And Scheduled Caste Development, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Roop Naik, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rahul Tamaskar, Government Advocate ABHIGYA SAXENA Digitally signed by ABHIGYA SAXENA Date: 2026.03.27 16:21:14 +0530 2 SB- Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 27.03 .2026 1. Heard. 2. The departmental appeal preferred by the petitioner has been rejected by a non-speaking order without assigning any reasons. It is further submitted that the said order has been passed in violation of the directions issued by this Court vide order dated 03.10.2019 in WPS No.8081/2019, wherein a specific time limit was prescribed for deciding the appeal, and thus, the impugned order is arbitrary, illegal, and liable to be set aside. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the departmental enquiry is pending since 08.06.2020 and has not yet been concluded. It is, therefore, prayed that the writ petition be disposed of with a direction to the respondent authorities to conclude the said enquiry within such period as may be fixed by this Court. 4. No objection raised from the other side. 5. In that view of the matter, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent–State to conclude the pending departmental enquiry, which has remained pending since 08.06.2020, within a period of six (06) months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 3 6. With the aforesaid direction and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this writ petition stands finally disposed of. Sd/-d/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge Saxena