COURT NO.2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) 1714/2001 (Old No. 4098/2000) Arun Kumar Jaiswal, S/o Murari Lal, R/o 11, Raj Vihar Chakrata, Dehradun. ........Petitioner Versus 1. State of U.P. through Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies Department, Government of U.P., Lucknow. 2. Commissioner, Food & Civil Supplies, U.P., Lucknow. 3. Regional Food Controller, Garhwal Region, Dehradun. .......Respondents Sri Ravi Babulkar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for the State. 3rd March, 2008 Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has challenged the order dated 9.12.1999 contained as Annexure 1 to the writ petition passed by the respondent no. 2 Commissioner, Food & Civil Supplies, Lucknow thereby placing the petitioner under suspension on the ground of financial irregularities and embezzlement. 2. The petition was suspended on 9.12.1999 by the impugned order. The stay was granted on 25.1.2000. The relevant extract of the stay order dated 25.1.2000 is quoted below: “Until further orders of this Court, the effect and operation of the impugned suspension order dated 9.12.1999 filed as Annexure-1 to the writ petition, shall remain stayed. The petitioner shall be continued in service and be paid his salary.” 3. Thereafter chargesheet was served upon the petitioner but enquiry has not yet been concluded. In view of this fact of the matter, the Enquiry Officer is directed to conclude the enquiry proceedings within one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order. The Punishing Authority shall take his decision on the report of the Enquiry Officer within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the enquiry report. The interim order dated 25.1.2000 shall remain operative till the decision of the Punishing Authority on the report of the Enquiry Officer. If the decision is not taken within the aforesaid time, the impugned suspension order shall stand revoked. The learned Chief Standing Counsel shall send the certified copy of this order to the authorities concerned. 4. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (P.C. Verma, J.) Prabodh