JABALPUR, India, March 19 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 17:
1. Appellant has filed the subject appeal impugning order dated 16.09.2025 whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant challenging termination by a private company has been dismissed.
2. In the writ petition, appellant had challenged the termination order issued by respondent No.4 M/s Annapurna Micro Finance (P) Limited which is a private entity. The Writ Court noticing that there was no direction or order passed by the authority constituting State under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, the Writ Petition was not maintainable.
3. The Writ Petition was disposed of reserving the liberty to the appellant to take recourse to appropriate remedies as available to him.
4. Before us, this appeal has been filed contending that Article 12(4) of the Constitution of India permits filing of a writ petition in respect of orders passed by other authorities.
5. On 11.02.2026 learned counsel for appellant had made extensive submissions contending that Article 12 of the Constitution of India includes private entity in the definition of State.
6. After some arguments, he sought an adjournment. Today learned counsel for the appellant has produced photocopy of a page of some commentary. Since the petitioner had impugned an action taken by a private entity, we find no infirmity in the view taken by the Writ Court that no writ petition would lie against a termination order issued simplicitor by a private company in which neither the State nor Statutory Corporation had any interest.
7. We find no merit in the appeal. The appeal, is accordingly, dismissed.
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