Smt. Geeta Thawait v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6043 of 2019 Smt. Geeta Thawait W/o Shri Suresh Thawait Aged About 45 Years Asst. Teacher (Panchayat), Government Girls Primary School Seoni, District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, R/o Mukund Maltiplax Near Post Office Road, Champa, District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh, District : JanjgirChampa, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

2. Secretary Local Administration Department, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Chief Municipal Officer Nagarpalika Parishad, Chirimiri, District Koriya Chhattisgarh, District : Koriya (Baikunthpur), Chhattisgarh

4. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Janjgir-Champa, District JanjgirChampa, Chhattisgarh, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

5. Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat Balouda, District JanjgirChampa Chhattisgarh, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Ms. Meena Shastri, Advocate For State :

Mr. Anshuman Shrivastava, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 14/08/2019

1. The dispute raised in the present writ petition is the nonconsideration of the case of the petitioner for grant of revised pay scale on completion of 8 years of service. The denial to the petitioner was that the petitioner has not completed 8 years of service under the same employer.

2. The grievance of the petitioner was that the petitioner was initially appointed under the Municipal Council and subsequently applied for recruitment on the higher post under the Panchayat Department and taking both the services, the petitioner has completed more than 8

-2years of service and therefore she is entitled for the benefit of higher pay scale.

3. The counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue involved in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in a bunch of writ petitions disposed off on 27.10.2018. The lead case of which being WPS No. 6147/2018 (Shabnum Khatun v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.)

4. This aspect is not disputed by the State counsel so far as the matter being similar to the one passed in the case of "Shabnum Khatun" (supra).

5. Given the facts and circumstances of the case the present writ petition also deserves to be and is accordingly disposed off in similar terms to the order passed in WPS No. 6147/2018 (Shabnum Khatun v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors).

6. The writ petition accordingly stands allowed. The petitioner would be entitled for the benefit as prayed for subject to the verification of the case by the Department.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Rohit