Rajendra Kumar Singh v. Shri Mukesh Kumar Bansal

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CONT No. 1023 of 2019

1. Rajendra Kumar Singh, S/o Shri Ranjit Singh, Aged About 60 Years, Presently Posted And Working As Assistant Director (Agriculture), Tifra, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. R/o Maharana Pratap Nagar, Tifra, Bilaspur, Police Station-Sirgitti, Tahsil and District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh ---- Applicant

Versus

1. Shri Mukesh Kumar Bansal, Special Secretary In-Charge Agriculture, Department of Agriculture And Bio Technology, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Shri Taman Singh Sonwani, Director, Directorate of Agriculture, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ---Respondents For Applicant :

Mr. K. Rohan, Advocate For Respondents :

Mr. Devesh Chandra Verma, Advocate :

adfasf Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 21.01.2020

1. The respondents have filed reply, wherein they have enclosed a document Annexure R-1 dated 09.01.2020. In the said order, the respondents have held that since the applicant does have the requisite length of service required for promotion. The applicant is ineligible for promotion, even if he is granted promotion under the quota fixed for Persons with Disability Act.

-22. Given the fact that the stand of the respondents is that the petitioner/applicant is ineligible for promotion for want of sufficient length of service as per the rules, this Court is of the opinion that the order so far as the claim of the applicant is concerned, stands answered with. If at all, if the applicant is aggrieved of the decision rendered by the respondents in Annexure R-1, the liberty would be open to him to assail the same in a fresh proceeding altogether.

3. With the aforesaid observation, the Contempt Petition stands disposed off.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Rahul