Jagdish Ram Niroti v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) NO.4938 OF 2019

1. Jagdish Ram Niroti S/o Jageshwar Ram Niroti Aged About 41 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. High School Mudhiya Block Dondilohara, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh.

2. Subhashish Nag S/o Shri Dulal Chandra Nag Aged About 38 Years Working As Teacher (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Middle School P.V. 28-36, Block Koylibeda, District- Kanker, Chhattisgarh.

...Petitioner(s)

Versus

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

2. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Balod, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Kanker, District- Kanker, Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent(s) For Petitioners :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate.

For Respondent-State :

Shri P. Acharya, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 08.07.2019 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 inder