SBCWP No.2959/02. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR. O R D E R S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.2959/2002. Ganga Ram Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Date of order : November 25, 2008. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri Yogesh Gupta for the petitioner. Shri Akhilesh Jain, Deputy Government Counsel. **** BY THE COURT :- Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) This writ petition when originally filed challenged the order of suspension dated 8/8/2001 and the charge-sheet of the same date. This court vide order dated 11/12/2001 struck off the prayer with respect to challenge to the charge-sheet as it was not pressed by the petitioner because he wanted to file a fresh writ petition challenging the charge- sheet. Subsequently, petitioner filed writ petition being SBCWP No.4236/2001 challenging the charge- sheet. It is informed that further proceedings in the departmental enquiry have been stayed by this court in the aforesaid writ petition. During the pendency of the writ petition, petitioner has been reinstated in the year 2002 itself. Challenge to the suspension order at this stage need not be examined on merits SBCWP No.2959/02. 2 because as far as competence of the authority passing the order of suspension/issuing the charge-sheet is concerned, that issue is already agitated by the petitioner in his fresh writ petition referred to above. However, in what manner period of suspension shall be regulated would be therefore governed by the outcome of that writ petition and if eventually writ petition is dismissed, when the disciplinary authority passes the final order with regard thereto in the scope of Rule 54 of the Rajasthan Service Rules, 1951. 3) It would however be open to the petitioner to raise arguments about competence of the authority passing suspension order with reference to the Circular of the Director General of Police dated 4/10/1991 before the disciplinary authority at the time of passing of the final order. With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. anil