IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.2896 (SS) of 2001 (Old No. 23459/1991) Yogendra Pal Singh Bisht, Son of Sri Pratap Singh Bisht, Secretary, Central Cooperative Consumer Store Ltd, Uttarkashi. ……….Petitioner. Versus 1. Dy. Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Garhwal Region, Pauri Garhwal. 2. Committee of Management Central Cooperative Consumer Stores Ltd, Uttarakashi through its Chairman. ……….Respondents Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri H.M. Raturi, learned standing counsel for State of Uttarakhand on behalf of respondent no. 1. Petitioner, who is working as Secretary, Central Cooperative Consumer Store Ltd, Uttarkashi, has challenged the order dated 03.07.1991 passed by respondent no. 1 by which petitioner was placed under suspension for certain charges. Allahabad High Court on 22.08.1991 stayed the operation of impugned order dated 03.07.1991. No counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents till date, about 16 years have passed. Neither the petitioner nor the respondents are in a position to inform the court whether any departmental inquiry was initiated against the petitioner or not? In case, departmental inquiry was initiated against the petitioner and no final order has been passed, respondents are directed to pass final order on the basis of inquiry report submitted by inquiry officer within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order and in case, no departmental inquiry has been initiated against the petitioner, suspension order 03.07.1991 shall stands quashed. With this direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J) May 09, 2007 SKSharma