Mahaveer Prasad Sharma v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6330 of 2019

1. Mahaveer Prasad Sharma S/o Late Shri Shiv Narayan Sharma Aged About 56 Years Lecturer, Government Higher Secondary School Bhupdevpur, Block - Kharsia, District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh,

2. Om Prakash Patel S/o Shri Bhagat Ram Patel Aged About 54 Years Lecturer, Government Girls Higher Secondary School Jobi, Block - Kharsia, District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh,

3. Kalaram Bharadwaj S/o Ram Charan Bharadwaj Aged About 59 Years Lecturer, Government Higher Secondary School Bhupdevpur, Block - Kharsia, District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh

4. Khelan Prasad Kaiwart S/o Shri Panchram Kaiwart Aged About 53 Years Lecturer, Government Higher Secondary School Badedevgaon, Block - Kharsia, District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh,

5. Sushil Chandra Patel S/o Ganesh Ram Patel Aged About 56 Years Lecturer Government High School Telikot, Block- Kharsia, DistrictRaigarh, Chhattisgarh

6. Har Prasad Dhedhe S/o Natturam Aged About 49 Years Lecturer Government Higher Secondary School Barra, Block- Kharsia, DistrictRaigarh, Chhattisgarh

7. Kujal Ram Chouhan S/o Daya Ram Chouhan Aged About 58 Years Lecturer Government High School Chhote Pandar Muda, Block- Kharsia, District- Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

8. Bhanu Pratap Singh Chouhan S/o Dharnidhar Chouhan Aged About 56 Years Headmaster, Government Primary School Kalmiphat, BlockKharsia, District- Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

9. Bharat Bhushan Patel S/o Shri Tanda Ram Patel Aged About 55 Years Lecturer, Government High School Baheramar, Block- Dharamjaigarh, District- Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 10.

Bharat Lal Patel S/o Shri Anand Ram Patel Aged About 57 Years Lecturer, Government High School, Baheramar, Block- Dharamjaigarh, 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, Chhattisgarh

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., District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

6. The Block Education Officer Dharamjaigarh, 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 6 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