IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17327 of 2011 Kripa Nandan Prasad Ambastha, son of late Kameshwar Pd. Verma, resident of At & P.O. Agwanpur Via Barh R.S., P.S. Barh, Distt. Patna Versus 1. The State of Bihar through State Transport Commissioner, Bihar, Patna 2. The State Transport Commissioner, Bihar, Visheshwaraiya Bhawan, Patna 3. The Joint Transport Commissioner cum Secretary, Regional Transport Authority cum Enquiry Officer, Office of Divisional Commissioner, Patna 4. Sri Mustaq Ahmed Khan, father’s name not known to the petitioner, the then Joint Transport Commissioner Cum Secretary, Regional Transport Officer, Bhagalpur, through the State Transport Commissioner, Bihar Visheshwaraiya Bhawan, Patna 5. The District Transport Officer, District Transport Office, Purnea ----------- 02. 18.11.2011 Petitioner was put under suspension on 1.12.2009 in contemplation of a departmental proceeding. A memo of charge with two allegations was duly served on him and even a departmental enquiry conducted. According to the petitioner, the enquiry officer absolved the petitioner of the charges and submitted his enquiry report on 8.2.2010. Despite submission of the enquiry report the petitioner continued to be placed under suspension and no final decision on the continued departmental proceeding was taken by the disciplinary authority. Petitioner filed CWJC No. 17341 of 2010 which was disposed of on 2.11.2010 with a direction to conclude the departmental proceeding within a period of four weeks. Failure to do so would have amounted to the suspension order being revoked. This order is Annexure-1 to the writ application. This time writ has been filed by the petitioner on the 2 ground that after revocation of the order of suspension the disciplinary authority has gone in hibernation and no final decision on the enquiry is being taken and therefore, a kind of suspense and a damocle sword is hanging on his head. The Court fails to understand as to what is delaying the issue for than a year. The enquiry report was submitted on 8.2.2010. We are inching toward the end of November, 2011 and a petty issue like this is dragged on which has generated yet another litigation before the High Court. In view of the same the writ application is disposed of with a categorical direction to the disciplinary authority that he shall taken final decision or call on the enquiry report within a period of eight weeks from the date of production/communication of a copy of this order. Any failure to comply with this direction of the Court would amount to fixing responsibility upon the disciplinary authority. It will be treated as a gross violation of the direction if occasion for non- compliance arises for consideration before the Court. Writ is disposed of with above direction. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)