Chhatrapal Sahu v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 2670 of 2020 Chhatrapal Sahu S/o Shri Ramkrishna Sahu Aged About 48 Years Woking As Lecturer E. (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School J/sankara, Block Balod District- Balod, (C.G.) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1.State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Mantralaya New Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2.Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Balod, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh.

---- Respondents For petitioner - Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate. For Respondent/State - Smt. Richa Shukla, Dy.G.A. Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order 13/07/2020 Heard.

1.

Learned counsel for the parties would submit that the issue raised in this petition is squarely covered by order dated 28.11.2017 passed by this Court in WPS No.2530 of 2017 (Mukesh Kumar Patel and another Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and another) and batch of petitions wherein the circular dated 23.04.2016 has been quashed, petitions allowed and it has been declared that the petitioners therein shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post. 2.

In view of the aforesaid submission and the impugned order and action is based on circular dated 23.04.2016 which has been quashed in the case referred to herein above, the petition also deserves to be allowed with the direction that the petitioner shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the

services rendered by him on a lower post or on the same post. 3.

No order as to costs.

Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) JUDGE gouri