Santosh Kumar Verma v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 3275 of 2015 • Santosh Kumar Verma S/o Prem Singh, Aged About 24 Years R/o Village Karamtara, Tahsil Khairagarh, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Additional Commissioner, Division- Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

3. Sub Divisional Officer, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

4. State Information Commission, Through Its Joint Secretary, Indrawati Block First Floor, Sashtri Squre, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh

5. Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Khairagarh, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

6. Assistant Information Officer, Village Panchayat Karamtara, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

7. Secretary, Village Panchayat Karamtara, Tahsil Khairagarh, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

8. Birendra, S/o Hukum Lodhi, Aged About Years R/o Village Karamtara, Tahsil Khairagarh, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Jitendra Gupta, Advocate For Respondents-State :

Shri Sangharsh Pandey, Dy. GA for the State Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 09/09/2015

1. Petitioner is assailing the appointment of respondent No.8 on the post of Panchayat Assistant-cum-Data Entry Operator of Gram Panchayat, Karamtara, block Khairagarh, district Rajnandgaon. The appointment order

issued in favour of respondent No.8 has not been annexed with the writ petition.

2. It is stated that the Gram Panchayat or the Janpad Panchayat is not providing copy of appointment order issued in favour of respondent No.8. Petitioner's application/appeal under Right to Information Act, 2005 is pending.

3. The order under which the respondent No.8 has been appointed was issued by the Gram Panchayat. Under Clause 15 of the guidelines issued by the State Government for appointment of Panchayat Assistant-cum-Data Entry Operator an internal remedy of preferring an appeal under the provisions of Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 has been provided.

4. In view of the availability of the alternative remedy, this Court is not inclined to entertain this writ petition.

5. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as not maintainable, however, liberty is reserved in favour of the petitioner to prefer the appeal before the appellate authority within a period of thirty days from today. Sd/- Judge Prashant Kumar Mishra ashu