Nandkumar Sahu v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 570 of 2018

1. Nandkumar Sahu S/o Dhanuram Sahu Aged About 47 Years Working As Lecturer Panchayat Government Higher Secondary School Sankara , Block Chhura , District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. , Chhattisgarh

2. Santram Yadav S/o Vishnu Ram Yadav Aged About 43 Years Working As Lecturer Panchayat Government Higher Secondary School Semri Block Patan District Durg Chhattisgarh. , District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

3. Tukeshwar Prasad Sahu S/o Sevaram Sahu Aged About 38 Years Working As Teacher Panchayat Government Middle School Naginbahra Block Kurud District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh. , District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioners

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development Mahanadi Bhawan Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh. , Chhattisgarh

2. Commissioner - Cum - Director, Directorate Of Panchayat Naya Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Chief Executive Officer, Jila Panchayat Rajnandgaon District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh., District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

4. Chief Executive Officer, Jila Panchayat Dhamtari District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh., District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioner :

Mr. Harish Khuntiya, Advocate.

For State :

Mr. Majid Ali, Dy. GA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order on Board 16/01/2018 1.

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. 2.

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, the petition also deserves to be allowed with the direction that the petitioner shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by him on a lower post or on the same post. 3.

No order as to costs.

Sd/- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Rohit