Pratap Narain Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Secondary. Edu. Civil Secrett. Lucknow and 2 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4703 of 2022 Petitioner :- Pratap Narain Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Secondary. Edu. Civil Secrett. Lucknow And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amrendra Nath Tripathi,Arvind Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

¶1Heard Mr. Amrendra Nath Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as Ms. Deepshikha, learned Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents-State Authorities.

¶2This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks quashing of the order dated 14.07.2022 (Annexure-1) by means of which the petitioner has been placed under suspension.

¶3This Court vide interim order dated 17.08.2022 stayed operation of the impugned suspension order, and the same remain operative for almost one year. The inquiry officer has concluded the inquiry and submitted report before the competent authority. A final decision is yet to be taken by the disciplinary authority on the report submitted by the inquiry officer.

¶4In view thereof, at this stage, vacating the interim order does not appear to be proper and, therefore, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the disciplinary authority to conclude the disciplinary proceedings expeditiously, preferably within a period of one month from today. The petitioner shall cooperate in early conclusion of the disciplinary proceedings. For a period of one month, the impugned suspension order shall be kept in abeyance. In case the petitioner does not cooperate in early conclusion of the disciplinary proceedings, the suspension order may get revived. [D.K. SINGH, J.] Order Date :- 10.7.2023 MVS/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench