Duvaruram v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 3738 of 2017

1. Duvaruram S/o Balsingh, Aged About 68 Years R/o Village Kodagaon, Post Kodagaon, Tahsil & District Kanker, Chhattisgarh.

2. Rambharos S/o Durjan, Aged About 66 Years R/o Village & Post Markatola, Police Station Kotar, Tahsil & District Kanker, Chhattisgarh.

3. Mayaram S/o Jhaduram, Aged About 63 Years R/o Village & Post Dhanelikanhar, Tahsil & District Kanker, Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioners

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resources Department Mantralaya Rakhi New Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2. Engineer-In-Chief, Water Resources Department, Sinhawa Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief-Engineer, Mahanadi Project Circle Jagdalpur, District Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh.

4. Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department Division No. 2, Kanker, District North Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh.

---- Respondents Shri Vikram Dixit, counsel for the petitioner/s. Shri Chandresh Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer for the State. Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 11/08/2017 Heard.

1. Learned counsel for the parties would jointly and fairly submit that the matter in issue is covered by the common order dated 26.2.2015 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.281 of 2013 (Lakhanram Sahu and others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others) and other connected writ appeals. Against the said order, the State travelled up to the Supreme Court by filing SLP (C) Nos.11541-11550/2016, which have been dismissed by the Supreme

Court, affirming the order passed by the Division Bench of this Court. They would pray that this writ petition may also be allowed in the same terms.

2. In view of the above joint statement made, the present writ petition is also allowed in terms of the common order dated 26.2.2015 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in WA No.281 of 2013 (Lakhanram Sahu and others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others) and other connected writ appeals. Let the current pension of the petitioner be calculated and payment commenced preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt and/or presentation of a copy of this order and the arrears to be paid within a period of 12 months from the date current pension starts.

3. A copy of the order dated 26.2.2015 passed in WA No.281 of 2013 (Lakhanram Sahu and others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others) and other connected writ appeals, be made a part of this record. Sd/- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Deepti