ORDER

1. The case of the petitioner is that he joined the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services as a Civil Judge Class-II on 25.10.1985. He was promoted to the Higher Judicial Services on 09.06.1997 and was designated as permanent on 03.01.2002. He was appointed to the Junior Administrative Grade on 09.06.2002. On 13.02.2003, a memorandum of charges was served on the petitioner while he was posted as an Additional District and Sessions Judge, Begumganj, District Raisen. The respondent No.2 namely the High Court of Madhya Pradesh proposed to hold a departmental enquiry against him under Rule 14 (IV) of the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966. The charges against the petitioner related to certain judicial orders passed by him between 21.06.2001 to 12.08.2002 when he was posted as an Additional District and Sessions Judge at Guna.

2. A reply was submitted by the petitioner and an enquiry was conducted. The Enquiring Officer submitted his detailed report to the Disciplinary Authority exonerating the petitioner from all the charges. It was held that the charges were not proved. The matter was placed before the Disciplinary Authority. On 18.11.2005, a