IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 381 of 2010 (S/S) Veer Singh S/o Raghuveer Singh ..……… Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ……… Respondents. Mr. Ajay Veer Pundir, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, Brief Holder for the respondents. Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Shri Ajay Veer Pundir, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Subhash Upadhyaya, the learned Brief Holder for the State/respondents. The petitioner was posted as an Assistant Accountant in the Cooperative Cane Development Society Ltd. Iqbalpur, Roorkee, Haridwar and was suspended by an order dated 05/12/2008 on the allegation of misappropriation of the cooperative funds. In this regard, the petitioner has remained under suspension. The present writ petition was filed praying for the quashing of the suspension order dated 05/12/2008. This Court by an order dated 1st June, 2010 directed the Brief Holder to file a counter affidavit and indicate as to why the chargesheet has not been issued to the petitioner till date. The respondent No. 2 has filed a short counter affidavit, sworn on 5th June, 2010 indicating that the chargesheet would be issued to the petitioner within a week. Today is 17th June, 2010 and chargesheet has not been issued to the petitioner till date. Consequently, on this short ground that the petitioner has remained under suspension for more than 1-1/2 years and since no chargesheet has been filed, the suspension order is quashed. The writ petition is allowed. It would be open to the respondents to continue with the disciplinary proceedings, if they are so advised. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 17.06.2010 Shiv