Vishal Das Manikpuri v. State Of Chhattisgarh And ORS.

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 1774 of 2015 • Vishal Das Manikpuri S/o Late Firtu Das Manikpuri, Aged About 65 years, Residence of Bamhni, Post Hataud Bazar, Kasdole, District Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through Secretary, Forest Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2. Conservator of Forest, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3. Divisional Forest Officer, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

4. Joint Director, Treasury, Accounts and Pension, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri C.Jayant K. Rao, Advocate For Respondent/State :

Shri Shashank Thakur, GA for the State Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 08/05/2015

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner was the employee of work charged and contingency paid establishment, having been earlier appointed as daily wager and thereafter attained the status of temporary employee, in accordance with the Chhattisgarh (Work-Charged and Contingency Paid Employees) Pension Rules, 1979 (for short 'the Rules, 1979'). The petitioner was regularized on 22-11-2007 and thereafter retired on 30.9.2010.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would further submit that the petitioner's past service, prior to the date of regularization, is not counted for the purposes of

granting pension and as such, he has been declared ineligible for pension. Learned counsel would refer to the order passed by the Division Bench of this Court decided on 26-2-2015 in Writ Appeal No.281/13 and other connected matters, wherein this Court has held that in view of the State Government's instructions dated 2-3-2005, petitioners temporary service be taken into account to reckon pensionable service and the appellants of the said writ appeals were held entitled to pension under the Rules, 1979.

3. Learned counsel for the respondents would not dispute the legal decision as has been laid down by the Division Bench.

4. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction that on fresh representation being filed by the petitioner within a period of four weeks, the respondents shall decide petitioner's entitlement to pension, in accordance with the law laid down by this Court in Writ Appeal No.281/13 within a further period of three months, subject to verification of facts or any other order passed by the Division Bench or the Supreme Court on the issue. JUDGE ashu