High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPS/903/2019disposed off

Smt. Hemlata Khunte v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2019-02-13Hon'Ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 903 of 2019 Smt. Hemlata Khunte W/o Shri G. R. Khunte, Aged About 36 Years, Assistant Teacher (Nagri Nikay) At Government Primary School Birhor Ashram, Dharamjaigarh, District- Raigarh, R/o Village Maldakala, P.S. And Tahsil Jaijaipur, District- Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

2. Chief Municipal Officer, Nagar Panchayat, Sarangarh, DistrictRaigarh, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Mateen Siddiqui, Advocate For State :

Shri Saleem Kazi, Dy. A.G.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order On Board 13.02.2019

1. Counsel for the petitioner makes an oral request for correction in the cause title of the writ petition so far as the address of respondent no.2 is concerned. According to him, it is Nagar Panchayat, Dharamjaigarh where the petitioner is presently working which inadvertently has been wrongly typed as Nagar Panchayat, Sarangarh.

2. The oral request is not opposed.

3. Accordingly, the oral request is accepted. Let necessary amendment be carried out during the course of the day.

4. With the consent of the parties, the matter is taken up for hearing finally.

5. 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 pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post.

6. In view of the aforesaid submission and 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 a direction that the petitioner shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service including the services rendered by her on a lower post or on the same post.

7. No order as to costs.

Sd/- P. Sam Koshy Judge Khatai