HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 15419 of 2026 Court No. - 52 HON'BLE MRS. MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, J. Heard leaned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Mr. Hare Ram, learned counsel for the respondent-BSA and perused the record. This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to quash the impugned suspension order dated 01.06.2026 passed by respondent No. 3 - District Basic Education Officer, Etawah, as well as with a further prayer to direct the respondents to permit the petitioner to continue working as In-charge Headmaster at Composite Vidyalaya Kaayanchhi, Block - Chakarnagar, District - Etawah, with full salary and benefits. At the very outset, learned counsel for the respondent-B.S.A., on the basis of instructions, which have been passed on to the Court today and are kept on record, submits that the charge-sheet dated 03.07.2026 has already been filed in the matter and the enquiry shall be concluded, , in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the production of certified copy of this order. This Court is of the considered opinion that the charges so levelled against the petitioner cannot be examined at this stage, inasmuch as the explanation and documents relied upon by the petitioner can be a defence in the departmental inquiry, as during departmental inquiry, the petitioner will have ample opportunity to prove his innocence. In view of the aforesaid, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the departmental inquiry be initiated against the petitioner and brought to its logical end, strictly in accordance with law, at the earliest possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of production of a Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Daya Shanker Yadav, Samir Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Hare Ram Manoj Yadav .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) certified copy of this order before the disciplinary authority. Needless to say that the petitioner shall cooperate in the inquiry. September 23, 2026 Jitendra/- WRIA No. 15419 of 2026 2 (Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad