Smt. Chandana Kange v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5616 of 2018

1. Smt. Chandana Kange (Before Marriage Chandana Thakur) W/o Shri Dilip Kumar Kange Aged About 37 Years , Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. High School Lalaguda, Block Bastanar, District Bastar Chhattisgarh.

2. Smt. Sangeeta Joshi, W/o Shri Lekhram Joshi Aged About 33 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Jalbandha, Block Khairagarh, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh.

3. Smt. Krishan Rajwade W/o Shri Premshankar Rajwade Aged About 42 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Ranjana, Block Katghora, District Korba Chhattisgarh.

4. Saket Kumar Soni S/o Gyan Singh Soni Aged About 33 Years Working As Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Girhola, Block Dhamdha District Durg Chhattisgarh.

5. Mahesh Kumar Thakur S/o Kheduram Thakur Aged About 34 Years Working As Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Kohadiya, Block Berla, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh.

6. Smt. Santoshi Thakur W/o Mahesh Kumar Thakur Aged About 34 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Hasda, Block Berla, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh.

7. Narendra Kumar Sinha S/o Harish Chandra Sinha Aged About 35 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. High School Naveen Gatapara, Block Kurud, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh.

8. Smt. Anjana Lautre W/o Dr. Prahlad Lautre Aged About 38 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Farsiya, Block Nagari, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioners

Versus

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

2. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Bemetara, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh.

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

4. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh.

5. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

6. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Bastar, District Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh

7. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Korba District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh.

----Respondents For Petitioners :

Mr. Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For State :

Mr. R.N. Pusty, Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 04/09/2018

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 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.

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

3. No order as to costs.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Ved