G.P. KHARE vs MUNICIPAL CORPN,,MURWARA - KATNI . — C.A. No. 4342/2000

Case Summary: G.P. Khare v. Municipal Corporation, Murwara-Katni Outcome: The Supreme Court allowed G.P. Khare's appeal on August 22, 2007, setting aside both the single Judge's order (08/09/1998) and the Division Bench's affirming order (29/10/1998). The writ petition filed by respondents 2-5 was dismissed with no costs awarded. Key Issue: The court found judicial impropriety in the lower courts' decisions. Although the writ petition (filed 27/09/1988) challenged only Khare's ad-hoc promotion as Revenue Officer (16/08/1988), the single Judge improperly quashed his subsequent regular promotion (25/11/1988) and further promotion to Deputy Commissioner (11/10/1989)—orders never challenged in the petition and not even mentioned therein. The court held the single Judge exercised jurisdiction "capriciously and arbitrarily." This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.