High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPS/1243/2019allowed

Deepak Kumar Chandravanshi v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2019-02-22Hon'Ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy2 pages

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1243 of 2019 Deepak Kumar Chandravanshi S/o Shri Baiju Prasad Chandravanshi Aged About 32 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (Nagariya Nikay) At Govt. Primary School Sathbhaniya Kawardha Block Kawardha District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department Of Urban Administration And Development Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Naya Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. Joint Director Department Of Urban Administration And Development Naya Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Municipal Officer Nagar Palika Parishad Kawardha, Block District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh.

---Respondents For Petitioner :

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

Mr. Rahul Mishra, Dy. G.A.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 22/02/2019

1. The dispute raised in the present writ petition is the nonconsideration 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 Panchayat department and subsequently applied for recruitment on the higher post under the Municipal Council in the year 2012 and taking both the services, the petitioner

-2has 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 a 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