Sunny Kumar Dewangan v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 1159 of 2020 • Sunny Kumar Dewangan S/o Narendra Kumar Dewangan Aged About 32 Years Working As Teacher Panchayat, Govt. Middle School, C.B. Nawagaon, Block Dondilohara, District Balod Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. Commissioner-Cum-Director Directorate Of Panchayat, Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Executive Officer Jila Panchayat Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh.

4. District Education Officer Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Harish Khuntiya, Advocate For Respondents/State :

Shri Avinash Singh, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 24/02/20

1. Heard.

2. 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. 2530/2017 (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 of service by including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post.

3. 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, the petition also deserves to be allowed with the direction that the petitioners 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.

4. No order as to costs.

Sd/- Goutam Bhaduri Judge Jyoti