Smt. Preeti Kaushik v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 9145 of 2019 Smt. Preeti Kaushik, W/o. Rupendra Kaushik, Aged About 42 Years, Working As Lecturer (Panchayat) At Government High School, Bundela, Block Bilha, District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh, Through The Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. Director, Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

----Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Govind Dewangan, Advocate.

For State :

Mr. Soumya Rai, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order O n Board 11.11.2019 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 the direction that the petitioner shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by him on a lower post or on the same post.

3.

No order as to costs.

Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) JUDGE ashok