Dr. Vivek Prakash Srivastava v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 17441 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dr. Vivek Prakash Srivastava Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajnish Kumar Srivastava,Siddharth Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J.

¶1Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is confining his prayer made in the writ petition to the extent that pending departmental proceedings initiated pursuant to the order dated 23rd September, 2023 be directed to be disposed of in a time bound period. He submits that the departmental enquiry is still underway.

¶2Learned Standing Counsel submits that he has no objection, in the event such prayer is allowed, provided the petitioner co-operates in the enquiry as well as disciplinary proceedings initiated against him.

¶3In view of the above, the present writ petition stands disposed of with a direction that subject to petitioner's co-operation in the departmental enquiry, the same shall be concluded expeditiously preferably within a period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order and thereafter the disciplinary proceedings shall also be concluded within six weeks' thereafter strictly in accordance with the procedure prescribed for. Order Date :- 16.10.2023/Shiraz High Court of Judicature at Allahabad