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Former Madhya Pradesh judge challenges compulsory retirement in High Court
Former judge R.K. Srivas has challenged his compulsory retirement in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur.
He joined judicial service in 2000 and was promoted to the higher judicial service in 2016.
He was retired in April 2018, after about a year and a half in the higher service, during which he says he was transferred four times, investigated and suspended.
Srivas argues that the rules required 10 years of service or age 50, and that his earlier service as a civil judge and magistrate could not count toward that requirement.
He alleges a rule change made his retirement possible: the service period required for compulsory retirement was reduced from 20 years to 10 shortly before he was retired, while the age threshold stayed at 50.
The High Court has appointed a senior lawyer to assist it with the case, and the judges have not yet ruled on Srivas’s claims.
The next hearing is scheduled for November 16.
Former Madhya Pradesh judge R.K. Srivas has challenged his compulsory retirement in the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
He alleges that service rules were changed to make his retirement possible and that the rules were not properly applied to him.
The petition says he was promoted to the higher judicial service in 2016 and compulsorily retired in April 2018.
The High Court has appointed senior advocate Hemant Shrivastava as amicus curiae to assist it.
The next hearing is scheduled for 16 November 2026.
- Who
- R.K. Srivas, a former district judge, filed the petition.
- What
- He challenges his compulsory retirement, alleging the service rules were changed and applied improperly.
- When
- He was compulsorily retired in April 2018. The next hearing is scheduled for 16 November 2026.
- Where
- Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur.
- Why
- He argues that the rules required 10 years of service or age 50, and alleges that the rules were changed to enable his retirement.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Srivas says he entered judicial service.
He was promoted to the higher judicial service and made a district judge at the entry level.
He was compulsorily retired following a recommendation by the Madhya Pradesh High Court full bench.
The High Court appointed senior advocate Hemant Shrivastava as amicus curiae in the case.
The next hearing is scheduled.
- Petitioner
- R.K. Srivas
- Promotion
- 2016
- Compulsory retirement
- April 2018
- Rule change
- Required service period reduced from 20 years to 10 years; age limit remained 50
- Next hearing
- 16 November 2026
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What people are saying
I entered judicial service in 2000.
It was done deliberately so that I could be compulsorily retired.