Smt. Pushpa Patel v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6341 of 2018

1. Smt. Pushpa Patel W/o Shri Kapilnath Patel Aged About 43 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Faraswani, Block Kartala, District Korba, Chhattisgarh.

2. Smt. Priyanka Patel W/o Shri Bhupendra Kumar Patel Aged About 31 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Aargaon, Block Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh.

3. Smt. Nirmala Narang W/o Shri Gaindram Narang Aged About 37 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. High Secondary School Khorsi Block Aarang District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

4. Mukesh Kumar Jha S/o Shri Kameshwar Jha Aged About 33 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Baktara, Block Abhanpur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

5. Smt. Anima Tigga W/o Shri Amod Kumar Ekka Aged About 32 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Baitalpur, Block Pathariya, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

6. Rajendra Kumar Rohani S/o Shri Ramesh Kumar Rohani Aged About 29 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Andhiyarkhoh, Block Gourela, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

7. Mukesh Kumar Sahu S/o Shri Kedarnath Sahu Aged About 37 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. High School Sonhpur, Block Gurur, District Balod, 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, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

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

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

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

6. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Balod, District Balod, Chhattisgarh.

----Respondents

For Petitioners :

Mr. Vinod Kumar Sharma, Advocate For State :

Ms. Astha Shukla, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 26/09/2018

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