JUDGMENT

Sanjay Yadav, J. - Petitioner, member of Higher Judicial Service, State of Madhya Pradesh, presently posted as District and Sessions Judge, Sheopur, calls in question the legality of Final Report dated 30.04.2019 by the Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaint Committee for the High Court and Subordinate Courts, and the show cause notice dated 29.11.2019. The petitioner seeks quashment thereof and direction that a settlement shall be recorded on the conciliation application dated 24.11.2018 submitted by the complainant. Further direction is sought that, the petitioner be relieved of all the consequences arising from the issue of show cause notice dated 29.11.2019.

2. The genesis of the action proposed is the written complaint received by Registrar (Vigilance) from a lady Judge, once posted under the petitioner, against the present petitioner who, at the relevant time, was posted as District and Sessions Judge, Khandwa. The copy of complaint is filed by the petitioner as Annexure P/3; however, we refrain from reproducing the same in order to protect the complainant, a lady Judicial Officer from ignominy. (For the sake of privacy, we are not disclosing the identity of the