COURT NO.2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) 3475/2001 Subhash Chand Gangwar …….Petitioner Versus Secretary/Managing Director, District Co-operative Bank Ltd, Haridwar & Other …….Respondents Sri Rajendra Singh, learned Counsel for the petitioner. Sri Vikas Pandey, Advocate holding brief of Sri V.B.S. Negi, learned Counsel for the respondents. 21st April, 2008 Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has challenged the order dated 23.5.2001 contained as Annexure No. 6 to the writ petition passed by the respondent no. 1 Secretary/Managing Director, District Co-operative Bank Ltd., Haridwar, whereby the petitioner has been put under suspension on the ground of indiscipline. 2. The operation of the impugned order was stayed by the order dated 1.8.2001. The stay order dated 1.8.2001 is quoted below: “Issue notice to the respondents returnable within three weeks. List thereafter. In the meantime, operation of the impugned suspension order dated 23.5.2001 passed by respondent no. 1, contained in Annexure No. 6 to the writ petition, shall remain stayed till the next date of listing.” 3. The petitioner was suspended on 23.5.2001 by the impugned order. Thereafter chargesheet was served upon the petitioner but enquiry has not yet been concluded. No counter affidavit has been filed till date. In view of this fact of the matter, the Enquiry Officer is directed to conclude the enquiry proceedings within one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order. The Punishing Authority shall take his decision on the report of the Enquiry Officer within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the enquiry report. The interim order dated 1.8.2001 shall remain operative till the decision of the Punishing Authority on the report of the Enquiry Officer. If the decision is not taken within the aforesaid time, the impugned suspension order shall stand revoked. 4. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (P.C. Verma, J.) Prabodh