JUDGMENT :

Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia, J.

1. Heard finally.

By this common order, W.P. No.13260 of 2020 (Sandeep Jain vs. State of MP. and others), W.P. No.15531/2020 (Dr. Lokesh Bajpai Vs. State of M.P. and others), W.P. No.18995/2020 (Dr. Alok Jain and another Vs. Thte State of M.P. and others), W.P. No.19212/2020 (Dr. Rajendra Dubey Vs. The State of M.P. and others) and W.P. No.19866 of 2020 (Smt. Vibha Jain Vs. The State of M.P. and others) are being decided.

2. In W.P. No. 13260 of 2020 initially an order of compulsory retirement was issued and in W.P. No. 15531 of 2020, initially an order of retirement in public interest was issued. However, later on, in W.P. No. 13260 of 2020 and W.P. No. 15531 of 2020 corrigendum dated 22-9-2020 was issued and the words "Compulsory retirement" and "retirement" were changed to "discharge". Accordingly, in all the writ petitions, the petitioners have been discharged from service.

3. For the convenience, the facts of W.P. No. 13260 of 2020 are being considered.

4. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed against the order dated 17-8-2020 passed by respondent No. 4, thereby the petitioner was compulsorily retired on com