IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE JAI KUMAR PILLAI

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ON THE 2 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 4200 of 2021 RAJENDRA KUMAR MOURYA Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Mr. Girish Kumar Ukhale, counsel for the petitioner. Ms. Drishti Rawal, counsel for the respondents/State.

ORDER By way of this Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner invokes the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court, seeking directions against the inaction of the respondents in not granting him timely promotion from the post of Assistant Engineer to Executive Engineer. The petitioner further challenges the inaction regarding the correction of the seniority list and seeks a mandamus directing the respondents to grant him promotion to the post of Assistant Engineer with effect from 28.07.2003 and to the post of Executive Engineer with effect from 21.12.2009, with all consequential benefits, at par with his juniors.

2. The facts, as strictly discernible from the pleadings supplied, are that the petitioner was appointed to the post of Sub-Engineer in 1989. In the year 2000, following the unfortunate suicide of the p