Smt. Sadhana Bhagwat v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5676 of 2017 Smt. Sadhana Bhagwat W/o Shri Sunil Bhagwat Aged About 46 Years R/o R.K. Nagar, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon, Presently Posted As Lecturer (Panchayat) At Government Higher Secondary School, Rengakathera (Bakhat), District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh, Through Its Secretary, Panchayat And Urban Administration And Development Department, Mantralaya, Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2. Deputy Secretary, Panchayat And Rural Development Department, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh.

---Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Mateen Siddiqui, Advocate For State :

Mr. Dheeraj Wankhede, Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 06/12/2018

1. The dispute raised in the present writ petition is the non-consideration of the case of the petitioner for grant of revised pay scale on completion of 8 years of service. The denial to the petitioner was that the petitioner has not completed 8 years of service under the same employer.

2. The grievance of the petitioner was that the petitioner was initially appointed under the Municipal Council and subsequently applied for recruitment on the higher post under the Panchayat Department in the year 2009 and taking both the services, the petitioner has completed more than 8 years of service and therefore he is entitled for the benefit of higher pay scale.

3. The counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue involved in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in

-2a bunch of writ petitions disposed off on 27.10.2018. The lead case of which being WPS No. 6147/2018 (Shabnum Khatun v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.)

4. This aspect is not disputed by the State counsel so far as the matter being similar to the one passed in the case of "Shabnum Khatun" (supra).

5. Given the facts and circumstances of the case the present writ petition also deserves to be and is accordingly disposed off in similar terms to the order passed in WPS No. 6147/2018 (Shabnum Khatun v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors).

6. The writ petition accordingly stands allowed. The petitioner would be entitled for the benefit as prayed for subject to the verification of the case by the Department.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Ved