Bhagwat Prasad Sahu v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 7354 of 2018 Bhagwat Prasad Sahu S/o Taran Das Sahu, aged about 29 years, working as Assistant Teacher Panchayat, Govt. Primary School, Ghina, Block Doundilohara, District Balod (C.G.) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh, through Secretary, Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur (C.G.)

2. Commissioner-cum-Director, Directorate of Panchayat, Naya Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.)

3. Chief Executive Officer, Jila Panchayat Balod, District Balod (C.G.)

4. Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Doundilohara, District Balod (C.G.) ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Harish Khuntiya, Advocate For State :

Shri Dhiraj Wankhede, Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order On Board 14.11.2018 1.

Heard with the consent of the parties, the matter is finally disposed of. 2.

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. 3.

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 petitioner shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service including the services rendered by him on a lower post or on the same post.

4.

No order as to costs.

Sd/- P. Sam Koshy Judge vatti