The Chief Minister Mohan Yadav-led government in Madhya Pradesh has given a clean chit to IAS officer Ajay Katesaria, who had been charged with serious irregularities during his tenure as Collector of Satna district. Katesaria had been accused of issuing unlawful orders in multiple land-related cases between February 2020 and December 2021, allegedly facilitating the illegal transfer of government land to private individuals and violating conduct rules for All India Services officers. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO The charges, first levelled through a departmental chargesheet issued on March 30, 2022, and an additional chargesheet on July 24, 2024, accused Katesaria of illegally entering government land in the names of private individuals in several cases, allegedly deleting the word “government” from government land records, passing orders contrary to government interest in at least nine separate land cases, and violating multiple provisions of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968. Story continues below this ad In an order dated November 7, 2025, the General Administration Department exonerated Katesaria of all major charges, concluding that his actions were lawful …