JUDGMENT

Vikas Bahl, J. (Oral) - The present order would dispose of four writ petitions i.e., CWP-18341-2022 and CWP-26882-2022 filed by Yogesh Lamba, CWP-28827-2022 filed by Pooja Gera and CWP-10231-2023 filed by Raghav Wadhwan as common question of law and facts arise in the said cases.

2. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, CWP-18341-2022 was taken up as the lead case.

3. The petitioners in the above said four petitions have made a common prayer for the issuance of a direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents especially respondent no.4 Sh.R.P.Bhasin, Enquiry Officer-cum-District and Sessions Judge (Retired) not to proceed further in the departmental proceedings/enquiry till the pendency of the criminal proceedings / trial arising out of FIR no.109 dated 08.02.2022 registered at Police Station Samalkha, District Panipat, Haryana, under Sections 34 ,120-B, 201, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC and Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

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4. The case of the petitioner Yogesh Lamba is that he is a permanent employee of the respondent-Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (hereinafter referred to as 'UHBVN') and was posted as Divis