1. ' The grievance of the Petitioner is the inaction of the Respondent in deciding the disciplinary proceeding initiated against him on 13-1-2000. The Petitioner was suspended on 13-1-2000 and his period of suspension was extended from time to time till 12-10-2001. Thereafter, no order for extension of the suspension was passed by the competent authority. No progress was either made in the departmental proceedings initiated against him. According to Mr. Syed Sami Ahmed, neither any show-cause notice nor any charge-sheet has yet been served on the Petitioner and he continues to languish without any legal order of suspension. Mr. Syed Sami Ahmed stated that he was fully aware of the fact that civil servant could not approach this Court for redress of his grievance relating to the terms and conditions of service in view of Article 212 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan but submitted that in case of hardship and injustice for which he had no other forum to approach, this High Court would not disappoint an aggrieved civil servant by taking up his case and directing the competent authority/department to dispose of the departmental proceedings/cases against a civil servant urgently after affording the opportunity to defend himself. In Support of his contention, he placed reliance on the case of Iffat Ara Salim v.
2. Sardar Muhammad Khurshid Khan and others, reported in 1996 PLC 948. In this case the Supreme Court pronounced that an aggrieved civil servant placed under suspension without proceedings being conducted against him, was competent to approach this Court under Article 199 of the Constitution for issuance of direction, for speedy and early disposal of the departmental/inquiry proceedings.
3. ' In view of the observations made by the Supreme Court in the afore cited case, we are of the view that it will be appropriate that a direction be issued to Respondent No,2, who has to conduct the inquiry proceedings against the Petitioner, to dispose of the matter/inquiry pending against the petitioner within a period of 90 days from the date this order is brought to his notice. This petition stands disposed of in above terms.