"Filed Out Of Vendetta" : Supreme Court Dismisses Ex- Judicial Officer's Plea For FIR Against HC Judges Over His Compulsory Retirement

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea by a former Telangana Judicial Officer who sought directions to register an FIR against former HC Judges in relation to his compulsory retirement order. The Court termed the petition as being filed out of 'frustation and vendetta'. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition by the petitioner in person, R Ranjan Kumar, who was previously serving as a judicial officer in Telangana and was given a compulsory retirement. The petition was filed by the petitioner seeking direction to register FIR in terms of the law laid down by the Court in Lalita Kumari's Case against a few judicial functionariesEarlier, a plea was filed by him which sought direction to declare the departmental inquiry against him as void ab initio and not binding upon him. It was the case of the petitioner that his order of compulsory retirement was earlier challenged before the Supreme Court, which was then relegated to the High Court for consideration. The petitioner's challenge before the High Court wa unsuccessful and his retirement order was upheld. The petitioner also claimed to have filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court against earlier top court order, which the present bench found "neither here nor there".Refusing to entertain the plea, the bench dismissed the petition, recording that after his removal, the petitioner started filing "criminal complaints with the police authorities , making wide, vague, baseless, frivolous and mysterious allegations . As no FIR was registered and not rightly registered , he claims to have submitted a representation to the Chief Justice of India on 11.7.2025 followed by the instant writ petition." The petitioner also claimed to have filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court against earlier top court order, which the present bench found "neither here nor there".The Court added that the instant writ petition is "out of frustation, personal vendetta...we see no reason to entertain the present writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed." Case Details: P. RANJAN KUMAR vs. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE JAGTIAL DISTRICT, SP OFFICE| W.P.(Crl.) No. 000029 / 2026

"Filed Out Of Vendetta" : Supreme Court Dismisses Ex- Judicial Officer's Plea For FIR Against HC Judges Over His Compulsory Retirement

Anmol Kaur Bawa

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