IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN MONDAY, THE 19TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 28TH BHADRA 1933 WP(C).No. 16411 of 2011(B) --------------------- PETITIONER : -------------------- K.BALANGANGADHARAN, JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENT, DISTRICT POLICE OFFICE, KANNUR. BY ADV. SRI. V. PREMCHAND RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, KANNUR RANGE, KANNUR - 670 001. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KANNUR - 670 001. 3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KANNUR - 670 001. R1 TO R3 BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. L.G. SURESH BABU THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 19/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 16411 of 2011(B) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 17.12.2009 OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXT.P2 : COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 13.01.2010 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXT.P3 : COPY OF THE MEMO OF CHARGES ALONG WITH STATEMENT OF ALLEGATIONS DATED 27.02.2010. EXT.P4 : COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 06.03.2010 OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXT.P5 : COPY OF THE EXPLANATION DATED 15.3.2010 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER. EXT.P6 : COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 12.07.2010 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE Mn K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.16411 of 2011 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th September, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner, while working as a Junior Superintendent in the District Police Office, Kannur, was placed under suspension on 16.12.2009. Thereafter, disciplinary enquiry was ordered and the enquiry proceedings commenced on 7.8.2010. However, the petitioner complains that after the examination of some of the witnesses, nothing further has happened in the enquiry for the past nearly one year. According to the petitioner, the last posting date of enquiry was on 6.12.2010. He prays for the issue of appropriate directions for completion of the enquiry expeditiously. 2. The learned Senior Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the enquiry proceedings would be completed within a period of 45 days and further action would be taken on the basis of the report, immediately thereafter. In view of the above assurance, I do not think any further direction is called for in this Writ Petition. W.P.(C)No.16411/2011 2 3. This Writ Petition is, therefore, closed recording the undertaking of the learned Senior Government Pleader on behalf of the third respondent that the enquiry proceedings against the petitioner would be completed within a period of 45 (forty five) days from today. SD/- K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JUDGE TRUE COPY P.S.TO JUDGE css/