Smt. Neetu Tikriha v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 6652 of 2018

1. Smt. Neetu Tikriha W/o Shri Anoop Tikriha, Aged About 35 Years Working As Teacher (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Litiya, Block Dhamdha, District Durg, Chhattisgarh

2. Neelesh Kumar Ramteke S/o Shri Bharat Ramteke Aged About 33 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Primary School Tumadilewa, Block And, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

3. Gurucharan Singh Khusharo S/o Shri Chaitu Singh Khusharo Aged About 34 Years Working As Teacher (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Bhadga, Block Pandariya, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh

4. Yashwant Kumar Sahu S/o Shri Rajendra Kumar Sahu, Aged About 34 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Kalagpur, Block Gunderdehi, District Balod, Chhattisgarh

5. Anurag Malviya S/o Late Shri Kamlakant Malviya, Aged About 32 Years Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Vikrampur, Block Khairagarh, District Rajnandgaon, 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, Durg, District Durg, Chhattisgarh

3. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Balod, District Balod,

Chhattisgarh

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

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

6. Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Block Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri G. P. Mathur, Advocate For State :

Shri S. P. Kale, Dy. A.G.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order On Board 06.10.2018 Heard.

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 a direction that the petitioners shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of

revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post. 3.

No order as to costs.

Sd/- P. Sam Koshy Judge Bhola