HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 180 (S/S) 2005 Ashok Kumar Chauhan S/o Sri Mahendra Singh, Presently posted as Gram Panchayat Vikas Adhikari, Village Panchayat Niranjanpur, Vikas Khand Laksar, District Haridwar. … Petitioner Vs. 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary, Village Development & Panchayati Raj, Secretariat Complex, Dehradun. 2. District Magistrate, Haridwar, Distt. Haridwar, 3. District Panchayat Raj Officer, Haridwar, District Haridwar, 4. Block Development Officer, Laksar, District Haridwar, 5. Shailendra Singh Bisht, District Development Officer, Haridwar, District Haridwar. … Respondents Sri Navneet Kaushik, learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Navneet Kaushik, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for the respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the suspension order dated 17.02.2005 passed by the District Panchayat Raj Officer Haridwar by which the petitioner has been suspended for certain charges levelled against him. Contention of the petitioner is that the suspension order has been passed levelling certain charges against him. But the petitioner is not responsible for the charges, which has been levelled against him. I do not find force in the submission made on behalf of learned counsel for the petitioner. During the arguments it was revealed that an Enquiry Officer has already been appointed by the District Panchayat Raj Officer, Haridwar. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the Enquiry Officer is directed to supply charge-sheet to the petitioner within a period of three weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. The petitioner shall submit its reply within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of the charge-sheet. Thereafter, the Enquiry Officer shall submit its report to the Appointing Authority within a period of three weeks and the final order shall be passed by the District Panchayat Raj Officer, Haridwar within ten days after receiving report form the Enquiry Officer. The petitioner shall cooperate with the enquiry proceedings. The whole exercise shall be completed within three months from today. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) February 24,2005: NCM: