JUDGMENT

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. - The instant petition has been filed for grant of following substantive reliefs:

"a. that the departmental enquiry initiated by respondent No.3 may be kept in abeyance during the pendency of the criminal appeal.

b. that Annexure A-3, i.e. show cause notice dated 16.2.2018, whereby departmental proceedings are contemplated against the applicant, may be quashed and set aside.

2. The petitioner was recruited as Constable in Himachal Pradesh Police Department in the year 1984. He joined his services on 31.7.1986 in 1st Battalion, Junga and thereafter his services were allocated to the Superintendent of Police, Sirmaur at Nahan. It was averred that during the posting of the petitioner in District Sirmaur, one false case was registered against him vide FIR No. 1/14, dated 28.1.2014 by the Police Station, State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Sirmaur at Nahan under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and thereafter, the departmental proceedings were simultaneously initiated against the petitioner. Mr. Bhupinder Singh Bragta, SDPO Rajgarh was appointed as an Inquiry Officer and final inquiry report was submitted by him to the Super