N. Paul Vasantha Kumar, C.J.:-

1. By consent the writ petition was posted before the Division Bench and is heard.

2. The petitioner has filed this writ petition praying to quash the order of suspension dated 02.06.2014 and for direction to continue in service as Senior Assistant in the office of respondent No. 4 or in the alternative all other persons who were working on the posts of Executive Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer and Junior Engineer etc. be also placed under suspension and everyone be treated alike before law in terms of Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

3. Insofar as the alternate prayer made by the writ petitioner is concerned, Mr. Jehangir Iqbal Ganai, the learned Advocate General, has submitted that after investigation of the case registered in FIR 91 of 2014 under Sections 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Sections 409/467/468, 120-B RPC on the file of Police Station Handwara, the Executive Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer and the Junior Engineer have also been placed under suspension after they were arrested. It is stated that the investigation of the case is in progress. It is also stated that the writ petit