IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT JABALPUR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK RUSIA

&

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL

th

ON THE 13 OF JANUARY, 2026

WRIT APPEAL No. 1235 of 2024

BHIMRAO GHATODE

Versus

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS

Appearance:

Shri Ramesh Kumar Verma, Senior Advocate with Shri Aditya Verma,

Advocate for petitioner.

Shri Abhijeet Awasthi, Deputy Advocate General for the State.

ORDER unavailable, therefore, ex-parte enquiry was conducted against him, but according to the appellant/writ petitioner the procedure which had to be followed even in his absence, that had also not been done and as such, the impugned order is illegal and liable to be set aside.

Per: Justice Pradeep Mittal

This appeal under Section 2(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Uchcha

Nyayalaya (Khand Nyayapeeth Ko appeal) Adhiniyam, 2005 is filed being aggrieved by order dated 02.04.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P. No. 15429 of 2017 by which the petition filed by the appellant/writ

petitioner has been dismissed on the ground of delay and laches.

2. The facts of the case is that the appellant/petitioner being a

regular employee, the services of the petitioner cannot be terminated without conducting a reg