The Madhya Pradesh government has terminated the services of two additional district judges (trainees) for violating the two-child rule that makes employees ineligible for service if their third child was born after January 26, 2001.
The administrative committee of the Madhya Pradesh High Court had recommended termination of service of ADJ Ashraf Ali, who was posted in Jabalpur, and ADJ Manoj Kumar, who was posted in Gwalior, to the full bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Accepting the committee’s decision at its July 26 meeting, the full bench of the court recommended that the services of the two trainee judges be terminated under Section 9C of the Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Service (Recruitment and Condition of Service) Rules, 1994.
After terminating their services, the state government recently issued a gazette notification quoting sub rules 5 and 6 of Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (General Condition of Service) Rules, 1961, that say trainees are not eligible for service or recruitment if they have more than two living children, one of whom is born after January 26, 2001.
