diff --git a/src/models/store.js b/src/models/store.js
index 3ac8f97a..3edf3178 100644
--- a/src/models/store.js
+++ b/src/models/store.js
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ const installationschema = new mongoose.Schema({
       category: {
         type: String,
         enum: [ "Power Outage",
-          "Pending",
           "Resolved",
           "Escalation",],
         required: true
diff --git a/src/routes/installationRoute.js b/src/routes/installationRoute.js
index cf3d8c0b..c86db920 100644
--- a/src/routes/installationRoute.js
+++ b/src/routes/installationRoute.js
@@ -805,7 +805,6 @@ module.exports = function (fastify, opts, next) {
               category: {
                 type: 'string',
                 enum: ["Power Outage",
-          "Pending",
           "Resolved",
           "Escalation"]
               }