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6. Mr.Bhaskar Tanna learned Senior Advocate appearing with learned advocate Mr.Hardeep Mahida for the petitioner would submit that at every stage there was a delay. He would submit that the facts would indicate that there was a complete policy paralysis with the Government. For an incident of 2003, the charge-sheet was issued in September 2005. The Inquiry Officer proceeded to hold an inquiry and two years after the charge-sheet, an order dated 08.10.2007 was passed. He would submit that after the order of the Gujarat Civil Services Tribunal dated 11.12.2012, only after more than almost a year that on 29.11.2013, that the petitioner was reinstated in service. After having been reinstated in service, it took further three years right from the date of reinstatement for the Inquiry Officer to hold and complete an inquiry. He would therefore submit that though the direction was issued in the year 2012, it took four years for the C/SCA/2242/2019 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 28/02/2022 department to complete the inquiry and submit a report.