Smt. Shweta Shukla v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3172 of 2018 Smt. Shweta Shukla W/o Shri Laxmi Kant Shukla, Aged About 34 Years, Residence House No. A-6, Behind Green Garden, Teacher Colony, Mungeli Road, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Health And Family Welfare Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. The Director, Directorate Of Health And Family Welfare, New Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. The Deputy Director, National Health Mission, Raipur, Fourth Floor, Chhattisgarh, Housing Board Commercial Premises (South-East Corner) Sector 27 New Raipur Chhattisgarh.

4. Chief Medical Officer, Mungeli, District Mungeli Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents For petitioner :

Shri Shashi Bhushan Tiwari, Advocate.

For State :

Shri Ashutosh Pandey, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 25/04/2018 1.

The grievance of the petitioner in the instant case is non-granting of maternity leave to the petitioner on the ground that she is a contractual employee.

2.

The issue raised in the present Writ Petition has already been laid to rest by a couple of decisions passed by this Court leading been Devshree Bandhe v. Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Limited & Ors. (WPS No.101/2017). The said judgment has further been followed in a series of decisions passed by this Court.

3.

The present petitioner's case also fits in the directives given by this Court in the said judgment.

4.

Accordingly, the present Writ Petition also stands allowed in similar terms and the respondents are directed to ensure that the petitioner is provided with the maternity benefits at par with that of a Government employee.

5.

The Writ Petition thus stands disposed off.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Sumit JUDGE