JABALPUR, India, Jan. 20 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on Dec. 19:

1. Appellant impugns order dated 21.07.2025 whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant challenging his termination has been dismissed. The services of the appellant were terminated on the finding that the appellant had siphoned the funds to the tune of Rs.1.5 lacs. Since the issue pertained to siphoning of public fund, it was treated to be a major misconduct and order of termination was passed. The contention of the appellant is that the order was passed ex-parte and the inquiry was conducted without giving any opportunity to the appellant to putforth his case.

2. Learned Single Judge has noticed that when show cause notices were i...