1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 7380 of 2011. Decided on: 7th September, 2011. Prem Chand ......Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & others .....Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. For the petitioner : Mr. Surinder Saklani, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petition is filed with the following prayers: “(i) That a writ in the mandamus may very kindly be issued thereby directing the respondents either to close the inquiry as contained in Annexure P-2 or respondents may very kindly be directed to settle the same within a stipulated period. (ii) That a writ of mandamus may very kindly be issued thereby directing the respondents to release the salary 2 w.e.f. December, 1998 to January, 1999 and July, 1999 to April, 2000 with interest @ prevalent market rate.” 2. The petitioner is due to retire in March, 2012. Therefore, it is only appropriate that the enquiry is concluded in a time bound manner. Hence, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to complete the enquiry, within a period of four months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment alongwith a copy of the writ petition by the petitioner before the third respondent. In case the enquiry is not concluded within four months from the date of production of a copy this judgment, it shall be deemed that the proceedings against the petitioner have been dropped and the officers responsible for the loss, if any, shall be personally liable for the same. As far as the relief of salary is concerned, the same shall be looked into by the third respondent and the due and admissible salary, if any, shall be disbursed to the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of completion of the disciplinary proceedings against him. 3. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 7th September, 2011. (Justice Rajiv Sharma), (sck/hl) Judge.