Smt. Shashikala Kerketta v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 1652 of 2021

1. Smt. Shashikala Kerketta D/o Shri Gabriel Ekka Aged About 41 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School Shekharpur Block Pathalgaon, Tahsil Pathalgaon , District Jashpur Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

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

3. District Education Officer Jashpur , District Jashpur Chhattisgarh.

4. Chief Panchayat Officer Zila Panchayat, Jashpur, District Jashpur Chhattisgarh

5. Block Education Officer Pathalgaon District Jashpur Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Somkant Verma, Advocate.

For State :

Shri Shreshta Gupta, P.L.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 23.03.2021 .

1. The limited grievance which the petitioner has raised in the present writ petition by virtue of the order passed by this Court in the case of Mukesh Kumar Patel Vs. State of Chhattisgarh, WPS No. 2530/2017 decided on 26.11.2017 is for grant of the benefit of revised pay scale on completion of 8 years of service.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the grievance which now remains is that the benefit is being provided to the petitioner prospectively. Though the respondents have made a calculation which the petitioner was entitled for from the date of her completion of 8 years of service but no effective orders have been passed nor

-2have the department taken any step for releasing of the arrears of payment. The petitioner prays for appropriate direction to the respondents for releasing the said amount.

3. Without entering into the merits of the case and taking into consideration the judgment of this Court in the case of Mukesh Patel (Supra) which has also been affirmed by the Division Bench and taking note of the fact that respondents have complied with the order to the extent of granting revised pay scale to the petitioner, let respondents No. 2 to 4 take an appropriate decision at the earliest so far as release of the arrears of payment which the petitioner is entitled for, subject to verification of her entitlement for the same. Expecting a decision from the respondents within a period of 90 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

4. The writ petition accordingly stands disposed of. D/- Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Jyotijha