IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 734 (S/S) of 2007 Smt. Ram Dulari W/o Late Pyare Lal Principal Primary School No. 42 City Area Haridwar, District Haridwar R/o Mukhiya Chowk Bhuptwala Post Sadhubela District- Haridwar ------- Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through its District Education Officer Haridwar, District Haridwar 2. Additional District Education Officer Haridwar (Basic), District- Haridwar 3. City Education Officer, Haridwar, District Haridwar ------- Respondents Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Parikshit Saini, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ashish Joshi, learned Standing Counsel State of Uttarakhand for the respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs: 1. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 18.05.2007 passed by the respondent no. 2 (contained as Annexure No. 8 to the writ petition). 2. Issue any other writ, order or direction, which this Hon’ble Court deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of the case in favour of the petitioner. 3. Award the cost of the present writ petition to the petitioner. By the impugned order dated 18.05.2007 passed by Additional District Educaion Officer (Basic), Haridwar, the petitioner, who is working as a Pradhanacharya, Primary School No. 42, Haridwar City, was placed under Suspension for certain charges. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that though Up Khand Block Education Officer, Bhadrabad was appointed Inquiry Officer and was directed to submit inquiry report within a period of 10 days, no action has been taken by the Inquiry Officer to conduct the inquiry on the charges levelled against the petitioner. I decline to interfere with the suspension order passed by respondents. However, in the circumstances, I deem it fit and proper to direct the Inquiry Officer to conclude the inquiry within a period of six weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order and after submitting the report by the Inquiry Officer before the Disciplinary Authority, the Disciplinary Authority shall pass final order within a period of 15 days. In any way, the whole exercise shall be completed by the respondents within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. The petitioner is also directed to cooperate with the inquiry. With this direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. All the pending applications stand disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) 27.06.2007 VKS