Naveen Kumar Vishwakarma v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2770 of 2021

1. Naveen Kumar Vishwakarma S/o Late Shri Ramnarayan Vishwakarma Aged About 39 Years Lecturer (L.B.) Govt. Boys H.S. School Akaltara District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh.

2. Dhana Ram Rai S/o Shri Shankar Lal Rai Aged About 46 Years Teacher (L.B.) Govt. Girls Middle School Akaltara District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh., District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Urban Administration And Rural Development Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Director Urban Administration Department Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Chief Municipal Officer Nagar Palika Parishad Akaltara District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh., District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---Respondents For Petitioner : Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate.

For State : Ms. Abhyunnati Singh, P.L.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 08.07.2021 .

1. The limited grievance which the petitioners have raised in this writ petition by virtue of order passed by this Court in the case of "Shabnum Khatun v. State of Chhattisgarh & Others" WPS No. 6147/2018 decided on 27.10.2018 the petitioners have been granted benefit of revised pay scale on completion of 8 years of service.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the grievance which now remains is that the benefit is being provided to the petitioners prospectively and though the respondents have made a calculation which the petitioners are entitled from the date of their completion of

-28 years of service but no effective orders have been passed nor have department has taken any steps for release of the arrears of payment. The petitioners pray 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 "Shabnum Khatun"(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 petitioners, let respondents take an appropriate decision at the earliest so far as release of the arrears of payment which the petitioners are entitled for. Expecting a decision from the respondents within a period of 90 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order the present writ petition stands disposed off.

4. With the above observations, this writ petition stands finally disposed of.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Jyotijha