INDRASEN AGRAWAL vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — WPS/1955/2022

Disposed: Contested--DISPOSED OFF on 08th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010094472022

Filing Number

WPS/5184/2022

Filing Date

15-Mar-2022

Registration No

WPS/1955/2022

Registration Date

22-Mar-2022

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

SERVICE MATTERS ( 6 )

Sub-Category

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. ( 606 )

Judicial Branch

Writ Section

Decision Date

08-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISPOSED OFF

Last updated 05-Jun-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.INDRASEN AGRAWAL

    Adv. S.P.KALE,ABHISHEK SINGH,ABHISHEK SINGH, ,LAV SHARMA,Bhupendra Kumar Pandey,ABHISHEK SINGH

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G.

  2. 2.Collector,

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 08-May-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan PandeyView PDF

    Case Summary: WPS/1955/2022 Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh allowed the petition and quashed the articles of charge against retired Additional Collector Indrasen Agrawal. The court found that the departmental enquiry initiated against him after retirement was illegal because it lacked the mandatory prior sanction from the Governor as required under Rule 9(2)(b) of the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976. Key Reasoning: The court held that departmental proceedings against a retired government servant can only be initiated with explicit Governor's sanction. Since the State failed to produce evidence of such sanction (or even Chief Minister approval despite claiming authority to grant it), the initiation of the enquiry and issuance of charge sheets dated 21.06.2018 and 25.08.2021 were unsustainable in law. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 09-May-2022

    Fresh Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy

  4. 28-Mar-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam KoshyView PDF

  5. 25-Mar-2022

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  6. 15-Mar-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. WPS/1955/2022

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: WPS/1955/2022 Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh allowed the petition and quashed the articles of charge against retired Additional Collector Indrasen Agrawal. The court found that the departmental enquiry initiated against him after retirement was illegal because it lacked the mandatory prior sanction from the Governor as required under Rule 9(2)(b) of the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976. Key Reasoning: The court held that departmental proceedings against a retired government servant can only be initiated with explicit Governor's sanction. Since the State failed to produce evidence of such sanction (or even Chief Minister approval despite claiming authority to grant it), the initiation of the enquiry and issuance of charge sheets dated 21.06.2018 and 25.08.2021 were unsustainable in law. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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