Ku. Anupama Singh v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 616 of 2020 Ku. Anupama Singh D/o Shri Lal Sahab Tanwar Aged About 36 Years Working as Lecturer (Nagriya Nikay) And Posted at Government Higher Secondary School N.T.P.C. Jamanipali, Block Katghora, District Korba, Chhattisgarh. --- Petitioner

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh through the Secretary, Department of Urban Administration, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2. Commissioner Municipal Corporation, Korba, District Korba, Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondents For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate.

For the State/Respondents : Mr. Neeraj Pradhan, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order on Board 28.01.2020

1. The grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition is the nongranting of revised pay scale on their completing 8 years of service.

2. The petitioner herein was initially appointed in the Panchayat Department and subsequently have been again taken in the Urban Administration Department. However, the department is not accepting the total length of service rendered by the petitioners both under the Panchayat Department as well as under the urban Administration Department for the purpose of granting revised pay scale.

3. Counsel for the parties fairly submit that the issue raised in the present writ petition stands squarely covered by the order dated 27.10.2018 passed by this Court in a bunch of writ petitions, the leading case being WPS No.6147 of 2018 (Sbabnum Khatun Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others).

4. Given the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the present writ petition also deserves to be and is accordingly disposed of in similar terms as in the case of Shabnum Khatun (Supra). The petitioner would be entitled for the benefit as prayed for subject to verification of the case by the Department so far as the length of service and other eligibility criteria is concerned.

Sd/- (GOUTAM BHADURI) JUDGE R a o