1 2025:CGHC:15403 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2196 of 2025 1 - Smt. Shobha Gupta W/o Dr. Durgesh Gupta Aged About 68 Years R/o Vinoba Nagar Street No. 03 Near Gayatri Mandir Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Urban Administration And Development Department Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction Indravati Bhawan Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Commissioner Munincipal Corporation Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - District Education Officer Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Mr. Rama Kant Pandey, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Mrs. Akanksha Verma, Panel Lawyer For Resp No. 3 : Mr. A.S. Kachhawaha, Advocate (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 02/04/2025 1. Heard. 2. By the present writ petition, the petitioners are seeking for the following RAHUL JHA Digitally signed by RAHUL JHA Date: 2025.04.03 12:31:34 +0530 2 relief(s): "10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records pertaining to the petitioner’s case for its kind perusal. 10.2 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to grant the benefit of third time bound pay scale to the petitioner from the date of completion of 30 years of her service as per notification dated 25/01/2021 issued by the Department of Finance State of Chhattisgarh. 10.3 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to grant interest @ 18% per annum from year 2016. 10.4 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief/relief’s in favour of the petitoner, which the Hon’ble Court deemed fit & just in the facts and circumstances of the case." 3. The claim of the petitioner in the present Writ Petition is for grant of 3rd Time Scale Pay on completing of 30 years of service, in terms of the Circular dated 25/01/2021 issued by the State Government. 4. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, submits that the said Circular would not be applicable in the instant case as the petitioner stood retired from service on 30/07/2017, that is prior to the issuance of the circular dated 25/01/2021. 5. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and bare perusal of the pleadings and the documents, this Court finds that the Circular dated 25/01/2021 (Annexure P-2) categorically states that said Circular would be applicable upon all those persons who on 01/01/2016 or subsequently 3 have completed 30 years of service. Though the Circular was dated 25/01/2021 but it was made applicable upon all those persons who were already in employment or had completed 30 years of service on or after 01/01/2016. 6. Be that as it may, considering the Circular dated 25/01/2021, the present Writ Petition as of now is being disposed of directing the respondents’ authorities to scrutinize the claim of the petitioners so far as grant of 3rd Time Scale Pay is concerned. On scrutiny, if the petitioner is found entitled for the same, let necessary benefit be extended to him within an outer limit of four months. 7. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE Rahul