IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE JAI KUMAR PILLAI WRIT PETITION No. 189 of 2020 VIRENDRA KUMAR KATARE Versus GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Amalpushp Shroti with Sh. Manu Maheshwari and ShriTejas Vyas -Advocates for petitioner.

Shri Sudeep Bhargav –Dy.A.G for the respondents.

Reserved on : 16/04/2026 Post on : 04/05/2026 ______________________________________________________

ORDER

1. This Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner, being aggrieved by the charge sheet dated 25.06.2019 (Annexure P/1) issued by Respondent No. 2. By way of the impugned charge sheet, the petitioner has been subjected to disciplinary proceedings for a cause of action pertaining to the year 2013.

2. The petitioner seeks the indulgence of this Court to quash the impugned charge sheet and all consequential proceedings, declaring the same as void ab-initio. The petitioner further prays for a direction to the respondents to conduct a review Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for the post of Joint Collector to consider his name, and to restrain the respondents from taking any coercive a