Mrs. Shariba Parveen v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Basic Edu Lko. and 4 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7890 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mrs. Shariba Parveen Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Basic Edu Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Uday Veer Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents no.1 and 2, and Dr. Udai Veer Singh, learned counsel for respondents no.3 and 4.

¶2No notice be issued to respondent no.5 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed.

¶3Under challenge is the suspension order dated 06.10.2023, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the writ petition, whereby the petitioner has been placed under suspension on the ground that departmental inquiry is proposed against her.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing at some length confines his prayer to the departmental proceedings being contemplated be completed within a specified time.

¶5To the said prayer, learned counsel for the respondents have no objection.

¶6Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to serve a copy of the charge sheet on the petitioner within 15 days from today. On receipt of the charge sheet, the petitioner shall submit her reply within next two weeks. After submission of the reply, the respondents shall conclude the disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner within a further period of 30 days.

¶7Needless to mention that the petitioner shall cooperate with the inquiry proceedings and she shall also be given due opportunity of hearing in the said inquiry proceedings. In case the petitioner does not cooperate, the Inquiry Officer would be at liberty to inform the petitioner in writing about her non-cooperation and the period of non-cooperation would be excluded from the aforesaid period.

¶8It is also provided that in case the disciplinary proceedings are not concluded and and a final order is not passed within aforesaid period then the impugned suspension order dated

06.10.2023 shall stand revoked automatically without prejudice to the respondents of continuing with the inquiry proceedings.

¶9With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 13.10.2023 A. Katiyar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench