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Smt. Chanda Mahajan v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2019-07-29Hon'Ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri2 pages

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Order Sheet WPS No. 5475 of 2019

1. Smt. Chanda Mahajan W/o Sunil Mahajan Aged About 36 Years Working as Lecturer Panchayat, Govt. Higher Secondary School, Sondh, Block Berla, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh.

2. Geeta Gajbhiye W/o Surendra Gajbhiye Aged About 40 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.), Govt. Higher Secondary School, Achaud, Block Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh.

3. Sangeeta Chaturvedi D/o Sahashdas Chaturvedi Aged About 36 Years, working as Lecturer Panchayat, Govt. Higher Secondary School, Achaud, Block Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh. --- Petitioners

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh through Secretary, Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Commissioner Cum Director Directorate of Panchayat, Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Executive Officer Jila Panchayat Bemetara, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh.

4. Chief Executive Officer Jila Panchayat, Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh.

5. District Education Officer Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh.

--- Respondents 29.07.2019 Mr. Harish Khuntiya, counsel for the petitioners. Mr. Samir Behar, P.L., for the State.

Heard.

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 the co-ordinate Bench of 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 payscale on completion of 8 years of 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 the action is based on circular dated 23.04.2016 which has been quashed in the case referred to herein above, the instant petition also deserves to be allowed with the direction that the petitioners shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years of service by including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post.

3. No order as to costs.

Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) Judge R a o