High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPS/5844/2018disposed off

Lukeshwar Pradhan v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2018-09-06Hon'Ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 5844 of 2018 Lukeshwar Pradhan S/o Meghnath Pradhan, Aged About 43 Years, Working As Lecturer Panchayat Govt. Hr. Sec. School Fulkarra, Block Gariyaband, District Gariyaband, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh

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

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

4. Chief Executive Officer, Jila Panchayat, Gariyaband, District Gariyaband, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Harish Khuntiya, Advocate For State :

Shri R. K. Gupta, Dy. Advocate General Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order On Board 06.09.2018 Ignoring the default as pointed out by the Registry, with the consent of the parties, the matter stands finally disposed of. 2.

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. 3.

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 shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service including the services rendered by him on a lower post or on the same post. 4.

No order as to costs.

Sd/- P. Sam Koshy Judge Bhola