Smt. Pooja Kesharwani v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3481 of 2018 Smt. Pooja Kesharwani W/o Sashikant Gupta, Aged About 33 Years, Working As Assistant Medical Officer, Primary Health Center Marka, P.S. Pipariya, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner

Versus

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

2. Director, Director Of Health Services, Indrawati Bhavan, Mantralaya, New Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Medical And Health Officer, Kabirdham, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh.

4. Block Medical Officer, Pipariya, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents For petitioner :

Shri Rajendra Kumar Patel, Advocate.

For State :

Shri Ashutosh Pandey, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 02/05/2018 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