Smt. Shiksha Gupta, v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 5155 of 2020

1. Smt. Shiksha Gupta, W/o Shri Heeralal Gupta, Aged About 36 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Billiband, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

2. Ku. Anju Soni, D/o Shri Deenanath Soni, Aged About 35 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Darsagar, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

3. Tuleshwar Singh Pandram, S/o Shri Ramsingh Pandram, Aged About 48 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Achanakmar, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

4. Kaushal Kishor Sidar, S/o Shri Manrakhan Singh Sidar, Aged About 36 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Jhigatpur, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

5. Lalit Singh Sidar, S/o Shri Sher Singh Sidar, Aged About 43 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Parsada, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

6. Ghanshyamdas, S/o Shri Banshidas, Aged About 36 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Narwapara, Billiband, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

7. Mukesh Kumar Sahu, S/o Shri Manharan Lal Sahu, Aged About 45 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Bankighat, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

8. Gautam Kumar Kurrey, S/o Shri Bhayram Kurrey, Aged About 36 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Parsada, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. 9.

Jitendra Kumar Khunte, S/o Shri Ghasiram Khunte, Aged About 38 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Gobripat, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

10. Shivanand Kurrey, S/o Shri Haribabu Kurrey, Aged About 34 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Chhaprapara, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

11. Shantanu Kumar, S/o Shri Shiv Singh Kurrey, Aged About 38 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Majhgaon, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

12. Smt. Anita Khunte, W/o P.C. Khunte, Aged About 38 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Gobaripat, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

13. Ramesh Kumar Vastrakar, S/o Judawan Prasad Vastrakar, Aged About 43 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Government Primary School Gobaripat, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner(s)

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. Director, Panchayat Department, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Bilaspur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

4. Block Education Officer, Block Kota, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents

-2For Petitioners :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate.

For State :

Shri Rahul Jha, Govt. Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 18.01.2021 .

1. The limited grievance which the petitioner has raised in this writ petition by virtue of order passed by this Court in the case of Mukesh Kumar Patel Vs. State of Chhattisgarh, WPS No. 2530/2017 decided on 26.11.2017 have been granted benefit of revised pay scale on completion of 8 years of service.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the grievance which now remains is that the benefit is being provided to the petitioner prospectively and though the respondents have made a calculation which the petitioner is entitled from the date of his completion of 8 years of service but no effective orders have been passed nor have department has taken any steps for release of the arrears of payment. The petitioner prays for appropriate direction to the respondents for releasing the said amount.

3. Without entering into the merits of the case and taking into consideration the judgment of this Court in the case of Mukesh Patel(Supra) which has also been affirmed by the Division Bench and taking note of the fact that respondents have complied with the order to the extent of granting revised pay scale to the petitioner, let respondents No. 2 to 4 take an appropriate decision at the earliest so far as release of the arrears of payment which the petitioners are entitled for. Expecting a decision from the respondents within a period of 90 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order the present writ petition stands disposed off.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge inder