JABALPUR, India, Nov. 16 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on Oct. 15:
1. Appellants are aggrieved by order dated 10.02.2025 whereby the Writ Petition filed by respondents No.7 to 10 was disposed of directing the Chief Executive Officer Shahpura, Distt. Dindori to take action based on an enquiry report dated 27.08.2024.
2. Learned counsel for appellants submits that appellants were never put to notice about the said inquiry nor were given a copy of the inquiry prior to an action being taken against the appellants. He submits that respondents no. 7 to 10 had no locus and had filed the subject petition as a Public Interest Litigation and he was not even put to notice by the Writ Court. He, however fairly states that the inquiry report has already been acted upon and final order has been passed against the appellants which has been assailed by the appellants in appropriate proceedings. He submits that there is a likelihood that the cognizance taken by this Court through the subject Writ Petition and the order passed is likely to affect the result of the challenge made by the appellants to the said action taken pursuant to the inquiry.
3. Apprehension expressed by learned counsel for the appellants is misplaced for the reason the Court has itself recorded in the impugned order dated 10.02.2025 that it does not express any opinion on the merits of the case as to what action is to be taken. Since the impugned order is an order passed without notice to the appellants, the Competent Authority shall take action, if so warranted in accordance with law without being influenced by the subject Writ Petition or the order passed thereon. It would be open to the appellants to defend the proposed action taken against the appellants in accordance with law.
4. Appeal is disposed of in view of the above terms.
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