Dr. Kushuram Matawale v. Bhuvanesh Yadav

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR CONT No. 434 of 2018

1. Dr. Kushuram Matawale S/o Late Shri G.R.Matawale Aged About 50 Years R/o NVC 17 Narmada Vihar, Yadunandan Nagar, Tifra, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Civil And Revenue District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

2. Jitendra Kumar Barle S/o Ramadhar Barle Aged About 49 Years R/o Amrit Niwas, Ekta Nagar, Thelka Board, Kanker, District Kanker, Chhattisgarh 494334, Civil And Revenue District Kanker, Chhattisgarh

3. Dr. Leela Ram (LR) Sinha S/o Shri Gosai Ram Sinha Aged About 51 Years Occupation Service, Assistant Professor In Economics, Bhanupratapdev Govt. Post Graduation College, Kanker, Chhattisgarh, Civil And Revenue District Kanker, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

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Bhuvanesh Yadav IAS, Secretary, Department Of Higher Education, Government Of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhavan, Mantralaya Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondent For Petitioners : Shri Dhaniram Patel, Advocate.

For Respondent : Shri Saket Pandey appears on behalf of Shri Anoop Majumdar, Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Deepak Kumar Tiwari, J Order On Board 08/11/2021 :

1. In WPS No.785/2015 & other connected matters vide order dated 22.9.2015, while allowing the writ petitions, this Court had directed the State Government to consider the case of all the petitioners/emergency appointees for grant of Senior Pay Scale/Selection Grade Pay Scale by treating the services rendered by them from the initial date of

appointment as regular appointment for the purpose of conferring the benefit of Senior Pay Scale and Selection Grade Pay Scale.

2. Now in compliance of this Court's order, the State Government has passed the order dated 9th March, 2021, through which necessary directions have already been issued to the concerned authority.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that substantial part of the order has already been complied with. He would submit that arrears has not yet been paid to them.

4. On due consideration, it is directed that the State Government shall release the amount of arrears within a period of 3 months from the date of receipt of copy of this order and the Secretary of the concerned Department shall issue necessary directions immediately to the officer concerned for its compliance. However, it is made clear that if after the lapse of said period the arrears is not paid to the petitioners, the petitioners would be at liberty to avail appropriate remedy available to them under the law.

5. With the aforesaid liberty, this Court finds fit to close the contempt proceeding initiated against the respondent, as the same has been purged.

6. Accordingly, the Contempt Petition is disposed of.

7. No order as to costs.

Sd/- (Deepak Kumar Tiwari) Judge Barve