Smt. Upasna Thakur v. State Of Chhatisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 3179 of 2020

1. Smt. Upasna Thakur W/o Kamaljeet Singh Aged About 40 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Bhupdevpur, Block Kharsiya, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

2. Gopal Prasad Chouhan S/o Shri Maya Ram Chouhan Aged About 37 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Farsatoli, Block Pathalgaon, District Jashpur, Chhattisgarh

3. Smt. Shnati Devi Kurre W/o Sanjay Kurre (D/o Kaliram Ratre) Aged About 35 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. High School Miriguda, Block Dharamjaigarh, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

4. Ravindra Mahant S/o Makar Das Mahant Aged About 46 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Aura Block Pussor District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

5. Tirath Lal Sarthi S/o Rajaram Aged About 35 Years Lecturer (L.B.) Govt. Higher Secondary School Kulba District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

6. Charan Singh Rathiya S/o Ratan Singh Rathiya Aged About 39 Years Lecturer (L.B.) Govt. High School Miriguda Block Dharamjaigarh District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioners

Versus

1. State Of Chhatisgarh Through- Secretary, Department Of Panchyat Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya New Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Chief Executive Officer Jila Panchyat Raigarh District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

3. Chief Executive Officer Jila Panchyat Jashpur, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioners :

Mr. Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For State :

Ms. Richa Shukla, Dy. Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri

ORDER

17.08.2020

1. The limited grievance which the petitioners have raised in this present writ petition is that by virtue of order passed by this Court in the case of Mukesh Kumar Patel Vs. State of Chhattisgarh, WPS No. 2530/2017 decided on 26.11.2017, they should have been granted benefit of revised pay scale on completion of 8 years of service.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the grievance which now remains is that the benefit is being provided to the petitioners prospectively and though the respondents have made a calculation which the petitioners were entitled from the date of their completion of 8 years of service but no effective orders have been passed nor the department has taken any steps for release of the arrears of payment. The petitioners pray for appropriate direction to the respondents for releasing the said amount.

3. Without entering into the merits of the case and taking into consideration the judgment of this Court in the case of Mukesh Kumar Patel (Supra) which has also been affirmed by the Division Bench and taking note of the fact that respondents have complied with the order to the extent of granting revised pay scale to the petitioners, let respondents No. 2 & 3 take an appropriate decision at the earliest so far as release of the arrears of payment which the petitioners are entitled for. Expecting a decision from the respondents within a period of 90 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order, the present writ petition stands disposed off.

Sd/- Goutam Bhaduri Aks Judge