Pushkar Kumar Bhardwaj v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) NO.4063 OF 2019

1. Pushkar Kumar Bhardwaj S/o Late Shri Shekhar Prasad Bhardwaj, Aged About 39 Years Working As Teacher (Panchayat ) And Posed At Government Middle School Nawagaon (Mohda), Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

2. Devendra Pratap Bhardwaj, S/o Melaram Bhardwaj Aged About 34 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (Panchayat ) And Posted At Government Primary School Khairkhundi, Block Bilha, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

...Petitioner(s)

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Panchayat Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Mantralaya New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Bilaspur , District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh., District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

3. Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Bilha, District Bilaspur, CG. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate.

For Respondent-State :

Shri Arvind Dubey, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 17.05.2019 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(s) shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by him / her on a lower post or on the same post. 3.

No order as to costs.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge

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