High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPS/1252/2020disposed off

Poonam Singh v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2020-02-25Hon'Ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 1252 of 2020 • Poonam Singh D/o R. P. Singh Aged About 32 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Chicha, Block Dhamdha District Durg Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

2. Commissioner-Cum-Director Directorate Of Panchayat, Atal Nagar, New Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh

3. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Durg District Durg Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Govind Dewangan, Advocate For Respondents/State :

Shri Soumya Rai, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 25/02/20

1. Heard.

2. The contention of the petitioner is that the petitioner was initially appointed as Lecturer (Panchayat) on 05.11.2012 by the Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Bilaspur. Thereafter, on 19.06.2013 the petitioner was reappointed on the post of Lecturer Panchayat by the Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Durg, District Durg, therefore, having rendered 8 years of service from the date of her initial appointment she is entitled for the revised pay-scale.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner 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.

4. 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 petitioner shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by him on a lower post or on the same post.

5. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. No order as to costs.

Sd/- Goutam Bhaduri Judge Ashu