(Spl.-H.C.A.S.,C.D.,78-e) FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO. 334 OF 2004. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Note, Office Memoranda of Quorum, appearances, Court’s Court’s or Judge’s Orders orders or directions and Registrar’s orders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. D.P. Bhise, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Advocate General with Mr. N. Sawaikar, Addl. Govt. Advocate for the Respondents. CORAM : P.V. HARDAS N.A. BRITTO, JJ. DATE : 18TH AUGUST, 2004. P.C.: Heard Mr. Bhise, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Advocate General for the respondents. The learned Advocate General has produced before us an Order dated 6.8.2004 issued by the Director (Administration) Ad-hoc Disciplinary Authority, appointing a regular Inquiry Officer to conduct the inquiry against the petitioner. The authority appointing the Inquiry - 2 - Officer has also requested the Inquiry Officer to complete the inquiry, on day to day basis, within a period of three months. On this order being tendered to the learned counsel for the petitioner in Court, learned counsel for the Petitioner, states that in view of this Order, he may be permitted to withdraw this petition. The learned counsel however, requests that certain directions be issued to the Inquiry Officer for completion of the inquiry within a certain period so as to obviate the inconvenience and hardships which would be caused to the petitioner if the inquiry is unnecessarily prolonged. Both the learned counsel agree that a period of seven months for completion of the inquiry would be a reasonable period to enable the Inquiry Officer to complete the inquiry. - 3 - Accordingly Writ Petition No.334/2004 is dismissed as withdrawn with a direction to the respondent No.4 to ensure that the inquiry is completed within a period of seven months from the date of commencement of the proceedings. We are informed by Mr. Bhise, learned counsel for the petitioner, that the inquiry is fixed for 24th August, 2004. We earnestly hope that the Inquiry Officer shall complete the inquiry within a period of seven months from 24.8.2004. P.V. HARDAS, J. N.A. BRITTO, J. sl.