Santosh Kumar Kumbhkar v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 752 of 2018 Santosh Kumar Kumbhkar, S/o Shri Dukhiram Kumbhkar Aged About 35 Years Working As Teacher (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Mudghusari (Jungle), Block Bodla, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh., District : Kawardha (Kabirdham), Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, DistrictRaipur, Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Kabirdham District- Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh., District : Kawardha (Kabirdham), Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For State :

Shri Majid Ali, Dy. Govt. Advocate S.B. Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 22/01/2018 Heard.

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 payscale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by

-2them on a lower post or on the same post.

2. In view of the aforesaid submission and that 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 the direction that the petitioner shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years of 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 Praveen