IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18992 of 2008 Mahesh Prasad Thakur, S/o Late Jagdish Thakur, Resident of Mohalla- Mahatma Gandhi Lane no.2, Pokharia Pir Atardah, P.S. Kazimohammadpur, P.O.- Ramna, District- Muzaffarpur. At present posted at Gaya Police Center, Gaya under suspension. .... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. Director General of police, Bihar, Patna. 3. Inspector General of Police, Darbhanga. 4. Inspector General of Police, Patna. 5. Deputy Inspector General of police, Purnia. 6. Superintendent of Police, Purniya. 7. Superintendent of Police, Gaya. 8. Manish Kumar, Sub-divisional Police Officer, Banmankhi, Purnia cum enquiry officer. 9. Ashok Kumar, the then S.D.P.O., Dhamdaha, Purnia. 10. The Assistant Registrar, Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, New Delhi. .... Respondents. ------- 04- 18.4.2009 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar alias S.K. for the petitioner, and learned Assistant Counsel to Mr. N.K. Sinha, Additional Advocate General No.10. Pending initiation of departmental proceeding, the petitioner was placed under suspension by District Order No.998/2007, dated 15.5.2007 (Annexure-1), passed by respondent no.6. The enquiry proceeding has been concluded and the petitioner has been visited with penalty, vide order dated 9.3.2009 (Annexure-A), passed by respondent no.6. The petitioner raises a grievance before this Court that no order has been passed with respect to the order of suspension even though the departmental proceeding has been finally concluded. 2. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he proposes to challenge the said order of punishment dated 9.3.2009. The writ petition is, therefore, disposed of with the liberty to the petitioner to raise the grievance in the proposed appeal. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. (S K Katriar, J.) S.K.Pathak/