1 2025:CGHC:23759-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WA No. 341 of 2025 Gajanand Dewangan S/o Ishwar Prasad Dewangan Aged About 33 Years Earlier Working As Guest Faculty (Political Science ) At Govt. M.M.R. P.G. College Champa District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) ... Appellant versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department Of Higher Education, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 – Commissioner, Higher Education Department Block C-3 2nd And 3rd Floor Indrawati Bhawan Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Principal Government M.M.R. Post Graduate College, Champa, District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) 4 - Smt. Saraswati Soni W/o Ajay Kumar Soni Aged About 45 Years Earlier Working As Guest Faculty (Sociology ) At Govt. M.M.R.P.G. College Champa, District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) 5 - Pooja Kaushik D/o Chhotelal Kaushik Aged About 28 Years Earlier Working As Guest Faculty (Economics) At Govt. M.M.R.P.G. College Champa, District - Janjgir -Champa (C.G.) ... Respondents For Appellants : Mr.Govind Prasad Dewangan, Advocate For Respondents No.1 to 3/State : Mr.R.K.Gupta, Additional Advocate General BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Digitally signed by BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Date: 2025.06.13 18:36:21 +0530 2 Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice 13.06.2025 1. Heard Mr.Govind Prasad Dewangan, learned counsel for the appellants as well as Mr.R.K.Gupta, learned Additional Advocate General appearing for respondents No.1 to 3/State on I.A.No.01/2025, which is an application for condonation of delay of 194 days in filing the present writ appeal. 2. For the reasons mentioned in I.A.No.01/2025, same is allowed. Delay is condoned. 3. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the writ appeal is heard finally. 4. The present writ appeal is directed against the order dated 3.9.2024 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court in WPS No.4365/2024, whereby the writ petition filed by the writ petitioner / appellant herein was disposed of. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the parties submit that the issue involved in this writ appeal has already been considered and decided by this Court vide judgment dated 08.11.2024 in WA No.729 of 2024, whereby the Division Bench of this Court has held as under:- “17. We are totally in agreement with the reasons and observations of the learned Single Judge 3 which is just and proper warranting no interference. No relief(s) as sought for by the appellant/writ petitioner can be granted in this appeal as it is for the State to decide what would be the best in the interest of the institution and the students. Even otherwise, the learned Single Judge has made it clear that the appellant/writ petitioner shall not be replaced by similar set of Guest Lecturer having similar qualification as the appellant is having and to that extent, the rights and interest of the appellant/writ petitioner remains secure. 18. As a result, this appeal stands dismissed.” 6. In view of above, the present writ appeal is dismissed in terms of the order passed by this Court in WA No.729 of 2024. No cost(s). Sd/- Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Bablu