Kumari Prabhawati Kaushik v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 3207 of 2017 Kumari Prabhawati Kaushik D/o D. R. Kaushik Aged About 46 Years Working As A Upper Division Teacher, Government Middle School, Putpura, Tahsil Janjgir, Revenue And Civil District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through : The Secretary, Department School Education, Mantralaya, New Raipur, Police Station Rakhi, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2. The Director, Lok Shikshan Sanchalnalaya, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3. The Collector, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh.

4. Block Education Officer, Navagarh, District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh.

5. Block Education Officer, Baloda, District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh.

6. District Education Officer, Janjgir, District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri P.K. Patel, Advocate For State :

Shri Satish Gupta, Govt. Advocate S.B. Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 20/07/2017 Heard.

1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner being aggrieved by order dated 22.6.2017 by which a penalty of withholding one increment without cumulative effect (minor penalty) has been imposed on the petitioner after giving her a show cause notice and obtaining her reply.

2. Though number of grounds have been urged, taking into consideration that none of the grounds relates to violation of principles of natural justice, competence and malafide, I am not inclined to entertain the petition without insisting on exhaustion of statutory alternative remedy of filing departmental appeal under the provision of C.G. Civil Services (Classification, Control and

-2Appeal) Rules, 1966.

3. Accordingly, with liberty to the petitioner to work out appropriate remedy, the petition is finally disposed off.

Sd/-/- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Praveen