High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPS/5957/2019disposed off

Sanjeev Kumar Panigrahi v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2019-08-07Hon'Ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy2 pages

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5957 of 2019 Sanjeev Kumar Panigrahi S/o Bodhram Panigrahi Aged About 35 Years Presently Posted And Working As Teacher (L. B.), Govt. Middle School, Hirri, Block Baramkela, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

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1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya, Mahanandi Bhawan, Naya Raipur Atal Nagar, District Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Chairman Transfer Cases Coordination Committee General Administraion Department, Mantralaya, Mahanandi Bhawan, Naya Raipur Atal Nagar, Post Office And Police Station Naya Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Collector Raigarh District Raigarh Chhattisgarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

4. District Education Officer Raigarh District Raigarh Chhattisgarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

5. Block Education Officer Baramkela, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Dhani Ram Patel, Advocate For State :

Mr. Somkant Verma, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 07/08/2019

1. The grievance of the petitioner is that he has been transferred from Govt. Middle School, Hirri, Block Baramkela, District Raigarh to Govt. Middle School, Gorra, Block Pussore, District Raigarh.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is now posted at Govt. Middle School, Hirri, Block Baramkela, where out of 4 sanctioned teachers only 3 teachers are working. The petitioner is a teacher of Science and the two other teachers who are left are of other

-2subjects. He submits that as per the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, one teacher in each subject should be in the school. He submits that if the petitioner is transferred, the post of Science teacher would be vacant.

3. Perused the documents as also the certificate issued by the School Management which shows that the petitioner is a teacher of Science and if he is transferred, no teacher will be left for Science.

4. Considering the facts of the case and the documents filed along with the petition, it is directed that the petitioner may make a representation to the Grievance Redressal Committee constituted by the State against the transfer within a period of 15 days from today and the Grievance Redressal Committee may decide the same within a further period of 30 days from the date of receipt of the representation. Till then the transfer in respect of the petitioner shall not be given effect to. Meanwhile, the relieving order, if any, shall also not be given effect to.

5. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Rohit