Tirthanand Patel v. State Of Chhattisgarh
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 49 of 2019
1. Tirthanand Patel S/o Khemraj Patel, Aged About 36 Years, Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School Kachhar, Block Raigarh, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh
2. Smt. Padmini Patel W/o Lalit Kumar Patel, Aged About 37 Years, Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School Sarawani, Block Raigarh, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioners
Versus
1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya Naya Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh
2. Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya Naya Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh
3. District Education Officer, Raigarh, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh
4. Block Education Officer, Raigarh, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh
5. Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Raigarh District Raigarh Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioners :
Shri Govind Dewangan, Advocate For State :
Shri Jitendra Pali, Dy. A.G.
Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order On Board 10.01.2019
Heard.
2.
Learned counsel for the parties would submit that the issue raised in this petition is squarely covered by order dated 28.11.2017 passed by this Court in WPS No.2530 of 2017 (Mukesh Kumar Patel and another Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and another) and batch of petitions wherein the circular dated 23.04.2016 has been quashed, petitions allowed and it has been declared that the petitioners therein shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post. 3.
In view of the aforesaid submission and the impugned order and action is based on circular dated 23.04.2016 which has been quashed in the case referred to herein above, this petition also deserves to be allowed with a direction that the petitioners shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post. 4.
No order as to costs.
Sd/- P. Sam Koshy Judge Khatai