Ramayan Suryavanshi v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Writ Petition (C) No.1825 of 2020 Ramayan Suryavanshi S/o Shri J. R. Suryavanshi Aged About 37 Years Occupation- Service, R/o House H-11 P.H.E. Colony, Panchseel Nagar, Raipur, Tahsil And District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner(s)

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh Through- Secretary, Public Health and Engineering Department, Mahanadi Bhavan, Mantralaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh).

2. Engineer- In- Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Indravati Bhavan, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3. Superintendent Of Engineer Public Health and Engineering Department, Circle- Raipur, Indravati Bhavan, Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh).

4. Shankar Sahu Private Secretary, Public Health and Engineering Department, Raipur, Indravati Bhavan, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Sourabh Sharma, Advocate.

For Respondent-State :

Shri Gagan Tiwari, Dy. Govt. Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 01.09.2020

1. The limited relief sought for by the petitioner in this petition is as to whether a government quarter which earlier stood alloted to the petitioner be now handed over to a person i.e. respondent No.4 ignoring the claim of the petitioner, moreover, the respondent No.4 not being a regular employee of the department, but is a contractual employee under the State Government.

2. The counsel for the petitioner submits that let the quarter allotment committee take a decision on this at the earliest.

3. To this limited relief sought for, the State counsel does not oppose.

4. Given the said submissions, the writ petition stands disposed of directing the petitioner to approach the quarter allotment committee, who, in turn, shall consider and decide whether the allotment of the said quarter to the respondent No.4 is proper, legal and justified or not and whether under the service rules it is permissible to allot a quarter to a contractual employee

particularly when there are regular employees available in the department who are claiming for allotment of the said quarter.

5. Let the committee take a decision at the earliest preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The petitioner would be at liberty to make a fresh representation in this regard to the quarter allotment committee.

6. The writ petition accordingly stands disposed of. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge inder