Rajat Kumar Patel v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 887 of 2021

1. Rajat Kumar Patel S/o Shri Devnandan Patel Aged About 25 Years R/o Village- Jawali, Tehsil- Dabhara, District- Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh., District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

2. Abhishek Sahu S/o Shri Akhileshwar Sahu Aged About 29 Years R/o Mayor Colony, Shubham Nagar Ambikapur, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh., District : Surguja (Ambikapur), Chhattisgarh

3. Love Kumar Sahu S/o Shri Shiv Saneshi Sahu Aged About 29 Years R/o Jamnipali Basti, H.No. 1230, Mohan Talkies Road, Korba, Chhattisgarh., District : Korba, Chhattisgarh

4. Mahesh Kumar Patel S/o Shri Goverdhan Patel Aged About 32 Years R/o H.No. 111, Dolesara Street, Patelpara, Tamnar, DistrictRaigarh, Chhattisgarh., District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

5. Jageshwar Prasad Yadav S/o Shri C.P. Yadav Aged About 30 Years R/o Irrigation Colony Pamgarh, District- Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh., District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, School Education Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, DistrictRaipur, Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Director Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Joint Director Sarguja Division, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh., District : Surguja (Ambikapur), Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Ghanshyam Kashyap, Advocate.

For State :

Mr. Avinash Singh, P.L..

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 23/02/2021

1. The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order passed by the respondents whereby the respondents have declared the petitioners to be ineligible for participation in the recruitment process to the post of Teacher (Mathematics). Declaring of the

petitioners ineligible was on the ground that the petitioners are not graduate in Maths but are Engineering degree holders.

2. The issue involved in the present writ petition is one which has already been considered by this Court in a bunch of writ petition of identical nature, the leading of which is WP(S) No. 3789/2019 which stood decided on 17.11.2020. Since this Court have already allowed the said writ petition and have held that the Engineering Degree Holders also have to be treated as Graduates for the purpose of consideration of their application subject to their fulfilling other requisite eligibility criteria in-terms-of the advertisement. The present case also stands covered by the said judgment dated 17.11.2020 passed in WP(S) No. 3789/2019 and other analogous writ petitions.

3. Given the said facts, the present writ petition is also allowed and disposed off on similar terms as has been decided in WP(S) No. 3789/2019, subject to the petitioners' fulfilling other requisite eligibility criteria in-terms-of the advertisement.

4. Let a copy of the order passed in WP(S) No. 3789/2019 be also made part of the records of the present writ petition as also part of this order.

5. The writ petition accordingly stands allowed and disposed of. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Jyotijha