Ran Vijay Singh v. State of U.P Thru. the Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Agricultural Lko and 3 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3930 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ran Vijay Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P Thru. The Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Agricultural Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jay Prakash Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

¶1Heard Shri Jay Prakash Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Sandeep Sharma, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents.

¶2The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking following reliefs:- "A. Issue a writ, an order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned suspension order dated 24.04.2023 passed by the respondent No.3, contained as Annexure No.01 to this writ petition. B... C..."

¶3The petitioner who was initially appointed as a Junior Clerk on 19.12.1988 in the Sugar Cane Department, District-Bahraich has been placed under suspension vide impugned order dated 24.04.2023.

¶4It is well settled law that the order of suspension is not a punishment, however, it should not be resolved to keep an employee out of employment for a long period of time. Efforts should be made to conclude the departmental proceedings at an early stage against such an employee who has been kept under suspension.

¶5In view thereof, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to conclude the departmental proceedings initiated against the petitioner preferably within a period of three months from today, subject to full cooperation by the petitioner. If despite the cooperation rendered by the petitioner, the proceedings do not get concluded within a period of three months from today, the petitioner would be entitled to be reinstated in service. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) Order Date :- 24.5.2023 Piyush/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench