IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2160 of 2009 Laldhari Ram, son of Late Jangi Ram, resident of Village-Kaula Chauk, Police Station Kuchai Kot, P.O.-Sasamusa, District-Gopalganj. ………..Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The District Superintendent of Education, Gopalganj. 3. The Block Education Extension Officer, Uchchkagaon, Gopalganj. 4. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Parsauni Khas, Block Uchchkagaon, District-Gopalganj. 5. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Parsauni Khas, Block Uchchkagaon, District-Gopalganj. 6. Kumari Sima, daughter of Ram Awatar Ram, resident of Village- Kharharwa, Police Station-Uchchkagaon, District- Gopalganj. ……….Respondents. ----------- 02. 12.02.2009 Petitioner has worked as a Headmaster in the Primary School at Chakyoga, Uchchkagaon, Gopalganj. But for certain omission and commission committed by him, he came to be suspended by the District Superintendent of Education on 17.05.2008. A charge sheet has been served upon the petitioner on 12.03.2008 but thereafter a departmental proceeding has not moved. Since any order of suspension is not by way of punishment but for the purposes of holding a departmental enquiry, it will not serve any purpose if the petitioner is left in this suspended situation for a long period of time. It will be in the interest of administration and discipline that the departmental enquiry is conducted at the earliest and a conclusion reached based on which further action in this regard can be taken. - 2 - The writ application is disposed of with a direction upon the District Superintendent of Education, Gopalganj that if the petitioner cooperates in the said enquiry, he shall direct Enquiry Officer to hear enquiry preferably within a period of four months from the date of production of a copy of this order. Output of the enquiry will govern through the future action against the petitioner. Shageer (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)