K. K. Samaria v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No.3682 of 2015 K.K. Samaria, son of late Shri S.C. Samaria, aged about 70 years, Retired Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, resident of Kanchan Sri, 75-76S, Ahilya Nagar-X Indore, District Indore (M.P.) ---- Petitioner

Versus

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State of Chhattisgarh, through the Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur. 2.

Engineer-In-Chief, Public Works Department, Raipur (C.G.) ---- Respondents For Petitioner : Shri Ajay Kumar Pandey, Advocate.

For Respondent No.1 : Shri Y.S. Thakur, Deputy Advocate General For Respondent No.2 : Ms. Astha Shukla, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 26/10/2015 (1) Heard.

(2) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the departmental enquiry pending against the petitioner and he has been superannuated from his post and, as such, his pension and further retiral dues could not be paid on account of pendency of departmental enquiry, therefore, a direction may be issued to respondent No.2 to dispose of the pending departmental enquiry expeditiously as the petitioner is retired person.

(3) Shri Y.S. Thakur, Deputy Advocate General appearing for the State/respondent No.1 submits that the prayer appears to be fair and reasonable.

(4) Accordingly, respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the pending departmental enquiry pending against the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of five months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

(5) With the aforesaid direction, the petition stands finally disposed of.

Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge L/-