IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 819 (SS) of 2011 Ravi Kant Agarwal …Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate present for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Bisht, Brief Holder present for the State of Uttrakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) 1. Heard Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Anil Bisht, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. The petitioner was working as Lekhpal in the Revenue Department, State of Uttarakhand. He has been suspended on certain charges by order dated 24.6.2011 passed by “Up Ziladhikari”, Kashipur/Jaspur, district Udham Singh Nagar. It is an admitted case that during the pendency of the writ petition, charge sheet has been filed against the petitioner and the departmental enquiry is presently in process. 3. Counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents stating that the charges levelled against the petitioner is serious in nature and therefore, suspension order may not be stayed. 4. Based on the aforesaid facts, the respondents are directed to proceed with the departmental proceedings as it must reach at its logical ends as expeditiously as possible. 5. It would, therefore, meet the ends of justice in the present case if the matter is disposed of with a direction to the concerned disciplinary authority to proceed with the disciplinary proceedings presently under way against the petitioner and bring it to its logical ends within three months i.e. on or before 25.2.2012. It is made clear that in case inquiry is not completed by that time suspension order would stand revoked automatically. The petitioner in its supplementary affidavit states that Registrar Kanoongo is responsible for the anomaly, if any as he has engaged in his office certain private persons who are being funded by the concerned Registrar Kanoongo by his own personal fund, which is not permissible, therefore, further direction is issued to the District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar to initiate an inquiry also against the Registrar Kanoongo. 6. As all these allegations levelled against the petitioner seem to be serious in nature, an inquiry shall be made in this regard by the District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar as expeditiously as possible. 6. Registrar General of this Court is directed to inform the concerned District Magistrate for compliance of this order. 6. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. 7. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) Dated: 25.11.2011 VKG