Aruna Patel v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 802 of 2019 Aruna Patel D/o Panna Lal Patel, Aged About 33 Years, Presently Working As Data Entry Operator In The Office Of Sub Divisional Officer, Water Resources Department, Sub Division No.3, Jadalpur, Disrtict- Bastar, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, DistrictRaipur, Chhattisgarh

2. The Engineer In Chief, Water Resources Department, Sihawa Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. The Chief Engineer, Mahanadi Project, Water Resources Department, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

4. Executive Engineer T.D.P.P. Water Resources Division, Jagdalpur, District- Bastar, Chhattisgarh

5. Sub Divisional Officer, Water Resources Department, Sub Division No.3, Jagdalpur, District- Bastar, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For petitioner :

Shri C. Jayant K. Rao, Advocate For State :

Shri Anshuman Shrivastava, P.L.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 07/02/2019 1.

The dispute raised in the present writ petition is the non-granting of salary to the petitioner since September, 2018 onwards. 2.

According to the petitioner, as a consequence of the interim relief granted by this Court in WPS No.6223/2018, the petitioner has been

permitted to resume her duties and she is discharging her duties uninterruptedly. However, since September, 2018, the Department has not released the salary to the petitioner.

3.

Given the nature of dispute, let respondents 2 & 3 take a final decision so far as the salary part of the petitioner is concerned. It is made clear that if the petitioner has discharged her duties during the relevant period, the Department should ensure that the salary is paid to the petitioner at the earliest preferably within a period of 45 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

4.

With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) JUDGE Bhola