Navin Mandavi v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) NO.5486 OF 2018

1. Navin Mandavi S/o Shri K. L. Mandavi, Aged About 30 Years Working As Lecturer ( Panchayat ) And Posted At Government Higher Secondary School Chikhali, Block Antagarh Chowki, District Rajnandgaon (CG).

2. Tikam Singh Koma Shri Puran Lal Koma Aged About 32 Years Working As Lecturer ( Panchayat ) And Posted At Government Higher Secondary School Kudurghoda, Block Antagarh Chowki, District Rajnandgaon (CG).

3. Satish Kumar Shri Jhabbu Lal Habba Aged About 34 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat ) And Posted At Government Higher Secondary School Amatola, Block Antagarh Chowki, District Rajnandgaon (CG).

...Petitioner(s)

Versus

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

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

... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate.

For Respondent-State :

Shri Ratan Pusty, Govt. Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 24.08.2018 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 petitioner(s) shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by him / her on a lower post or on the same post.

3. No order as to costs.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy Judge inder