MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT ON ASHWANI PRATAP SINGH V/S THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS

JABALPUR, India, May 24 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment on April 24:

1. Petitioner has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging impugned order dated 20.09.2023 filed as Annexure P/1.

2. Impugned order is challenged on ground that de novo enquiry has been ordered and same cannot be done under Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966.

3. Counsel appearing for petitioner placed reliance on judgment of Apex Court passed in case of Union of India vs K.D. Pandey and another, reported in (2002) 10 SCC 471 and judgment passed by coordinate Bench in case of Prafulla Kumar vs State of M.P. and another, reported in 2009 (4) MPLJ 204. It is submi...