1 / 6 2025:CGHC:20100 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3046 of 2025 1 - Ashok Kumar Gabel S/o Chamru Ram Gabel Aged About 39 Years Working As Cook At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Boys Hostel Naveen, Kukdur, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Rampyare Gadhewal S/o Panku Ram Gadhewal Aged About 57 Years Working As Cook At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Boys Hostel Polmi, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Dukalu Singh S/o Shri Sauwan Singh Baiga Aged About 46 Years Working As Chowkidar At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Boys Hostel Polmi, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Budhlal S/o Dularu Baiga Aged About 39 Years Working As Waterman At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Boys Hostel Polmi, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Schedule Caste And Schedule Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. SOURABH BHILWAR Digitally signed by SOURABH BHILWAR Date: 2025.05.03 12:12:19 +0530 2 / 6 2 - Commissioner Tribal Development Department, Indrawati Bawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 – Collector, Tribal Development Department, Kabirdham, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Development Department, Kabirdham, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. --- Respondent(s) with WPS No. 3078 of 2025 1 - Fuli Bai W/o Budh Singh Aged About 37 Years Working As Chowkidar At Premetric Schedule Tribe Girls Hostel Kui, District- Kabirdham ( C.G. ). 2 - Anita Shyam W/o Gali Ram Shyam Aged About 35 Years Working As Cook At Pre- Metric Schedule Tribe Girls Hostel Kui, District- Kabirdham ( C.G.) 3 - Sindhu Marawi W/o Shivram Maravi Aged About 35 Years Working As Cook At Pre- Metric Schedule Tribe Girls Hostel Kui, District- Kabirdham ( C.G.) 4 - Bhagwati W/o Dhansai Aged About 50 Years Working As Chowkidar At Pre- Metric Schedule Tribe Girls Hostel Kamti, District- Kabirdham ( C.G.). 5 - Antram Bhatt S/o Shri Kunwar Singh Bhatt Aged About 40 Years Working As Cook At Pre- Metric Schedule Tribe Boys Hostel Labda, District- Kabirdham ( C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 3 / 6 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Schedule Caste And Schedule Tribal Delelopment Department, Manatralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, District- Raipur ( C.G. ). 2 - Commissioner Tribal Development Department, Indrawati Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District- Raipur ( C.G. ). 3 - Collector Tribal Development Department, Kabirdham, District- Kabirdham ( C.G. ). 4 - Assistant Commissioner Tribal Development Department, Kabirdham, District- Kabirdham ( C.G.). --- Respondent(s) with WPS No. 3080 of 2025 1 - Galiram Shyam S/o Byadi Ram Shayma Aged About 45 Years Working As Waterman At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Boys Hostel, Kui, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Parvati Matle W/o Akalu Ram Matle Aged About 49 Years Working As Cook At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Girls Hostel, Neur, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Phulbai Marawai W/o Amar Singh Marawi Aged About 42 Years Working As Chowkidar At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Girls Hostel, Neur, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Phuleshwari Tekam W/o Sukhlal Tekam Aged About 43 Years Working As Cook At Pre-Metric Schedule Tribe Girls Hostel, Neur, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner(s) 4 / 6 Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Schedule Caste And Schedule Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Commissioner Tribal Development Department, Indrawati Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Collector Tribal Development Department, Kabirdham, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Assistant Commissioner Tribal Development Department, Kabirdham, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. C. Jayant K. Rao, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Mr. Rishabh Bisen, Mr. Soumitra Kesharwani and Mr. Sabyasachi Choubey, Panel Lawyers (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 02/05/2025 1. Since identical issues involved in the above mentioned writ petitions, they are being heard and decided by this common order. 2. By the present petitions, the petitioners are seeking a direction towards the respondent authority to regularize their services on their respective post of Cook, Waterman and Chowkidar pursuant to the circular dated 05.03.2008 from the date when the similarly situated persons have been regularized. 3. Case of the petitioners, in brief, is that the petitioners are presently working on the post of Cook, Waterman and Chowkidar 5 / 6 respectively in the respondent Department as daily wager and has completed more than a decade. The petitioners are having all the requisite qualifications for holding their respective posts. The petitioners had submitted their detailed representation to the respondent authorities for considering their case for regular appointment as they had already completed more than a decade. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the action on the part of the respondent authorities is illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory in nature and also violative of principles of natural justice and the Articles 14, 15 & 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioners are working as daily wager since long. He would further submit that the State government has regularized the services of similarly situated employees on the basis of circular dated 05/03/2008, therefore, the petitioners are also entitled for regularization of their services on their respective posts. In support of his contention, learned counsel has relied on the judgment passed by this Court in the matter of Manoj Kumar Nirmalkar v. State of Chhattisgarh1 5. Per Contra, learned counsel for the respondents/State would oppose the contention of the counsel for the petitioners. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 7. The Hon'ble Apex Court in the matter of Narendra Kumar Tiwari and Others v. The State of Jharkhand and Others2 held in para 1 WPS No. 4293 of 2012 (decided on 10/02/2023 2 Civil Appeal Nos. 7423-7429 of 2018 (decided on 01/08/2018) 6 / 6 11 as under: "11. Under the circumstances, we are of the view that the Regularization Rules must be given a pragmatic interpretation and the appellants, if they have completed 10 years of service on the date of promulgation of the Regularization Rules, ought to be given the benefit of the service rendered by them. If they have completed 10 years of service they should be regularized unless there is some valid objection to their regularization like misconduct etc." 8. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the principles of law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, all these petitions are allowed. The respondent authorities are directed to inspect the records of other similarly situated employees when their services were regularized. If the case of the petitioners are also found to be similar to those employees whose services were regularized, their services be also regularized from the same date. It is also directed that all this exercise be completed within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE $. Bhilwar