Rakesh Kumar Baghel v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13478 of 2016 =========================================================== Rakesh Kumar Baghel, son of Late Awadh Narayan Singh, resident of Mohalla- Jail Press Colony, Shashtri Nagar, Road No. 5, P.S Rampur, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. The Principal Secretary cum- Commissioner, Department of Finance, Old Secretariat, Bihar, Patna.

3. The Deputy Secretary, Department of Finance, Old Secretariat, Bihar, Patna.

4. The Joint Secretary, Department of Finance, Old Secretariat, Bihar, Patna.

5. The Under Secretary Cum- Director (Press), Government of Bihar, Patna.

6. The Officer Special Duty Cum- Director (Press) Department of Finance, Bihar, Patna.

7. The Superintendent, Press and Forms, Gaya.

8. The Deputy Superintendent of Press and Forms, Gaya. .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajey Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Nawal Kishore Singh, AC to GP-26 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 07-04-2017 Heard the parties.

Learned counsel for the parties are in agreement that the issues raised herein are similar to the matter in contest in CWJC No.13298 of 2016 (Wakil Chaudhary vs. The State of Bihar) which has been disposed of today and in that view of the matter, I deem it proper to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Disciplinary Authority which, according to the parties, is the respondent no.6, the Officer On Special Duty -cum- Director (Press), Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Patna, to take expeditious steps for concluding the disciplinary proceeding

Patna High Court CWJC No.13478 of 2016 dt.07-04-2017 initiated against the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. In so far as the payment of subsistence allowance is concerned, the Officer On Special Duty would pass orders for its payment within one week from the receipt of the present order. In case the disciplinary proceeding in question is not concluded within the period stipulated for reasons not attributable to the petitioner, then the Disciplinary Authority would be obliged to consider the prayer of the petitioner for revocation of his suspension order and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within four weeks of the expiry of the stipulated period. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. (Jyoti Saran, J) SKPathak/- AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE NA Uploading Date 12-04-2017 Transmission Date NA