MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR ANAND SINGH BAGHEL V/S UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

JABALPUR, India, March 19 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 13:

1. By the present intra court appeal, the appellant has challenged the order dated 08.10.2025 passed by learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No.18941/2019, whereby the learned Single Judge has disposed of the petition with certain directions.

2. Short facts of the case are that, appellant was appointed as SubInspector (GD) in CRPF on 16.09.2004 by taking advantage of temporary caste certificate certifying the appellant to be a member of Bagri caste, which is a schedule caste in the State of M.P. After his appointment under the schedule caste category on the strength of caste certificate issued by Tehsildar, Keolari, District Seoni upon the allegation that said certificate was forged, a charge-sheet was issued to the appellant. However, upon seeking verification report, the office of Tehsildar Keolari, District Seoni verified the factum of issuance of caste certificate No.2332 issued in the year 1998-1999. Permanent certificate could be produced by the appellant and application submitted by the appellant for issuance of permanent schedule caste category certificate before S.D.O. (Revenue), Keolari, District Seoni, was rejected by letter dated 17.06.2015. As the caste certificate of appellant was not found genuine, by order dated 01.10.2018, the D.I.G. Range Jammu, CRPF Bantalab Jammu (J&K) dismissed the appellant. The appeal preferred by appellant before the Inspector General was also dismissed by order dated 15.01.2019 and Special DGP also dismissed the revision by order dated 17.07.2019. These orders were challenged by the appellant in W.P. No.18941/2019, which was disposed of by order dated 08.10.2025 with a direction that, if the appellant gets a permanent caste certificate of Bagri caste category in future then the respondents shall reinstate the appellant back in service and till then the appellant shall not be entitled for being reinstated. The order passed by learned Single Judge is under challenge in the instant intra court appeal.

3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that charge sheet was served upon the allegation that caste certificate submitted by the appellant was forged. However, during inquiry, it was established that caste certificate submitted by the appellant was not forged and duly issued by the Tehsildar. He further submits that learned Single Judge has decided the writ petition considering the fact that Tehsildar was not a competent officer to issue the caste certificate and no permanent caste certificate was issued to the appellant and his application for issuance of permanent caste certificate was already rejected by the S.D.O. (Revenue), and therefore, appellant cannot be reinstated at this stage, whereas such issues were not raised in the chargesheet and once the certificate issued by Tehsildar was found genuine, the appellant ought to have been reinstated. He prays for quashment of orders passed by D.I.G., I.G. and Special DGP as well the order passed by learned Single Judge in W.P. No.18941/2019.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://mphc.gov.in/upload/jabalpur/MPHCJB/2025/WA/3236/WA_3236_2025_FinalOrder_13-02-2026_digi.pdf)

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