IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10883 of 2005 Md.Ibrarul Haque Khan, son of Late Md. Ayub Hussain Khan, Resident of Haroon Colony, Sector-II, House No. 221, P.O. and P.S. – Phulwarisharif, District – Patna …..…………….. Petitioner Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board through its Secretary, Bihar, Patna 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna 3. The Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna Department of General Administration 4. The Chief Engineer (S and P), Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna …………….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 08. 09.12.2011 Heard counsel for the parties. The Court is not required to delve into the matter of the legality of the departmental enquiry initiated against the petitioner at this stage in view of the stand of the respondent- authorities that the enquiry has been completed by the Enquiry Officer and the report submitted to the Disciplinary Authority. If that be so, the Writ Application is disposed of with a direction upon the Disciplinary Authority to conclude the departmental proceeding within a period of three months in the sense that depending on the finding of the Enquiry Officer, either the petitioner should be exonerated or he should be given a second show-cause and the consequential order of punishment thereafter may follow. This exercise must be completed within a period of three months from the date of production of a copy of this Order. The Court has not expressed any opinion on any legal aspects with regard to the enquiry, as such or the 2 correctness of the order, which may be passed by the Disciplinary Authority, as that will be a separate cause of action for the petitioner to decide the future strategy on that count. Writ is disposed of with the observation as above. SKM (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)