Smt. Jaishree Thakur v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 370 of 2019 Smt. Jaishree Thakur W/o Shri Rajesh Kumar Thakur Aged About 35 Years Presently Posted As Lecturer (Nagri Nikay), At Governement Higher Secondary School Bacheli, District South Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. R/o Ward No. 13, Bacheli, Tahsil Bade Bacheli, District South Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Urban Administration And Development Department, Mantralaya, Bhawan Naya Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2. Deputy Secretary Urban Administration And Development Department Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Municipal Officer, Municipal Council Bade Bacheli District South Bastar, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh.

---Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Mateen Siddiqui, Advocate For State :

Ms. Sunita Jain, G.A.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 18/01/2019

1. Ignoring the defaults pointed out by the Registry, with the consent of the parties, the matter is heard and disposed of finally at the motion stage itself.

2. The dispute raised in the present writ petition is the non-consideration of the case of the petitioner for grant of revised pay scale on completion of 8 years of service. The denial to the petitioner was that the petitioner has not completed 8 years of service under the same employer.

3. The grievance of the petitioner was that the petitioner was initially appointed under the Panchayat department and subsequently applied for recruitment on the higher post under the Nagri Nikay in the year 2012 and taking both the services, the petitioner has completed more than 8 years of service and therefore she is entitled for the benefit of higher pay scale.

-24. The counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue involved in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in a bunch of writ petitions disposed off on 27.10.2018. The lead case of which being WPS No. 6147/2018 (Shabnum Khatun v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.)

5. This aspect is not disputed by the State counsel so far as the matter being similar to the one passed in the case of "Shabnum Khatun" (supra).

6. Given the facts and circumstances of the case the present writ petition also deserves to be and is accordingly disposed off in similar terms to the order passed in WPS No. 6147/2018 (Shabnum Khatun v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors).

7. The writ petition accordingly stands allowed. The petitioner would be entitled for the benefit as prayed for subject to the verification of the case by the Department.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Ved