Tulsi Ram Rathore v. State Of Chhattisgarh
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6333 of 2019
1. Tulsi Ram Rathore S/o Lomi Ram Rathore Aged About 61 Years Headmaster, Government Middle School Tiuar, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh
2. Smt. Prabha Uikey W/o Shri P.S. Uikey Aged About 60 Years Headmaster, Government Middle School, Sarwani, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh
3. Purshottam Das Gabel S/o Shri Paras Ram Gabel Aged About 57 Years Headmaster, Government Primary School, Bagbudwa Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh
4. Smt. Rajkumari Manikpuri D/o Shri Gangadhar Manikpuri Aged About 53 Years Upper Division Teacher, Government Middle School Basnajhar, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh
5. Smt. Narmada Devi Gabel W/o Yogendra Kumar Gabel Aged About 57 Years Lecturer Government Higher Secondary School Barbhawna, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh.
6. Smt. Geeta Jaiswal W/o Ghanshyam Prasad Jaiswal Aged About 56 Years Lecturer, Government Higher Secondary School Bagarh, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh.
7. Smt. Radhika Verma W/o Rajesh Kumar Verma Aged About 53 Years Lecturer, Government Higher School Madanpur, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh.
8. Sakhi Gopal Rathore S/o Shri Lochan Prasad Rathore Aged About 53 Years Headmaster, Government Middle School Dehjari, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh
9. Khilawan Singh Patel S/o Late Shri Chamar Singh Patel Aged About 57 Years Upper Division, Teacher, Government Middle School Jaimura, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh 10.
Keshav Prasad Choudhary S/o Late Ujjwal Prasad Choudhary Aged About 55 Years Headmaster, Government Primary School, Amapali, Block - Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioners
Versus
1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, School Education Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.
2. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Finance, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhttisgarh.,
3. The Director Office Of Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indravati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh
4. The District Education Officer, Raigarh, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh.
5. The Block Education Officer Kharsia, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents
For Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumar Barik, Advocate.
For State : Ms. Abhyunnati Singh, P.L.
Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 21/08/2019
1. With the consent of the parties the matter is heard finally and disposed of at the motion stage itself.
2. The limited prayer that the Counsel for the petitioners has made in this present Writ petition is for an appropriate direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for grant of third time pay scale as per the circular dated 08.08.2018 (Annexure P-2).
3. The contention of the petitioners is that all the petitioners herein have completed more than 30 years of service and all the petitioners have also got first and second time pay-scale and thereby they have become eligible for grant of third time pay-scale as per (Annexure P2) dated 08.08.2018.
4. Given the aforesaid factual matrix of the case as narrated by the petitioners, this Court is of the opinion that the Present writ petition itself can be disposed of with a direction to the respondents No. 3 to 5 to take a prompt decision on the claim of the petitioners so far as the grant of third time pay-scale is concerned. Let appropriate decision be taken at the earliest preferably within a period of 4 months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.
5. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Jyotijha