Devendra Kumar Dewangan v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) NO.5649 OF 2018

1. Devendra Kumar Dewangan S/o Shri Aenkat Ram Dewangan, Aged About 38 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Chandrashekhar Azad Govt. Higher Secondary School Nawagaonkala, Block Saja, District Bemetara (Chhattisgarh), District : Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

2. Smt. Poonam Mankar, W/o Shri Ramesh Kumar Mankar, Aged About 30 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. High School Devpur, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh., District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh

3. Divya Lakda, D/o Late Shri Erenius Lakda, Aged About 33 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Chandrashekhar Azad Govt. Higher Secondary School Nawagaonkala, Block Saja, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh., District : Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

4. Dular Singh Sahu, S/o Shri Chowa Ram Sahu, Aged About 38 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted Azt Govt. Higher Secondary School Chhachhanpahri, Block Antagarh (Chowki) District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh., District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

5. Nadir Hussain Ansari, S/o Shri Janab Hussain Ansari, Aged About 35 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. High School Pendalkuhi, Block Antagarh (Chowki) District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh., District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

6. Pyarelal Netam, S/o Late Shri Jeeru Ram Netam, Aged About 35 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Makkey, Block Antagarh (Chowki) District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh., District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

7. Chandulal Arya, S/o Shri Ramnath Arya, Aged About 32 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Arajkund, Block Antagarh (Chowki) District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh., District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

...Petitioner(s)

Versus

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

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

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

4. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Dhamtari, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh., District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate.

For Respondent-State :

Shri Raj Kumar Gupta, Dy. A.G.

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

30.08.2018 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