IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2292 of 2026 ============================================= HITESHKUMAR VITTHALBHAI PAREKH Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ============================================= Appearance: MR UT MISHRA(3605) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR HENIL SHAH, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR HS MUNSHAW(495) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ============================================= CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT Date : 03/03/2026 ORAL ORDER 1. Heard Mr.U.T.Mishra, learned advocate for the petitioner, Mr. Henil Shah, learned AGP appearing for the respondent-State and Mr.H.S.Munshaw, learned advocate for respondent No. 2. 2. Mr. Mishra, learned advocate for the petitioner, under the instructions of his client, does not press the present petition with a view to avail of an alternative remedy of ;ling a departmental appeal against the order of suspension impugned in this petition. Mr. Mishra, learned advocate for the petitioner, would request this Court that the time consumed in this matter may be given set-o> by the appellate authority. 3. Per contra, the learned advocates for the respondents would have no objection if the request of the petitioner is accepted by this Court. p. 1 4. Having heard learned advocates for the respective parties and considering that the request made by the learned advocate for the petitioner appears reasonable and requires acceptance, the present petition is permitted to be withdrawn by the petitioner with liberty to ;le a departmental appeal challenging the order of suspension impugned in this petition. The appellate authority is directed to give set-o> of the time spent by the petitioner in the present litigation when registering the appeal on its record. 5. It is made clear that this Court has neither gone into nor examined the merits of the matter. 6. In view of the aforesaid, the present petition is disposed of, as withdrawn, albeit with the aforesaid liberty reserved in favour of the petitioner. (MAULIK J. SHELAT, J) GAURAV J THAKER p. 2 Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: GAURAVKUMAR JANARDANBHAI THAKER(HC00951), Principal Pvt. Secretary, at High Court of Gujarat on 03/03/2026 17:47:49