THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO. 27774 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner, who is the husband of one Satyaveni against whom the officers of Anti Corruption Bureau laid a trap and ultimately were successful. During the course of said trap an amount of Rs.5,000/- was accepted by the said Satyaveni though the petitioner herein on 4.11.2009. The said Satyaveni was kept under suspension and a case in Cr.No.22/RCT-ACB- VJA/2009 under sections 7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the P.C. Act, 1988 has been registered against the said Satyaveni and the petitioner herein. In the light of the same, and also taking the fact that the petitioner was arrested and remanded to judicial custody, disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against the petitioner and he was kept under suspension. The same is challenged in this Writ Petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner has nothing to do with the said tainted amount etc., and simply because he happened to be in the house wherein the trap has been laid, he has become a scape goat. Further, it is the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the main person i.e. Satyaveni against whom the trap has been laid was initially kept under suspension and thereafter was reinstated into service. May be the said contentions are true, but the allegation against the petitioner, in my considered view, is very serious. The said Commissioner of Municipality i.e. wife of the petitioner accepted the tainted bribe amount of Rs.5,000/- through Sri S.V.G.V.A Prasad i.e. 2nd accused in the said case and the petitioner herein. In an allegation of this nature, in my considered view, it cannot be said that the suspension is unwarranted. Hence, I see no merits in this Writ Petition and is thus dismissed. However, as it is the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner will cooperate with the enquiry to be held by the respondent authorities, the respondents are hereby directed to complete the said enquiry within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Further, any of the observations made by this court in this Writ Petition shall not prejudice the mind of the authorities during the course of enquiry. No costs. ------------------- 16.02.2010 kvsn