1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3947 of 2025 1 - Smt. Rekha Lautre W/o Shri Krishnaram Lautre Aged About 39 Years R/o Village- Padenga, Pakhanjur, District- North Bastar Kanker (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhavan, Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Director, Directorate Of Panchayat, Raipur, Sector-19, North Block, Vikas Bhawan, Ground Floor, Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Collector, Kanker, District- North Bastar Kanker (C.G.) 4 - Chief Executive Officer, Jila Panchayat Kanker, District- North Bastar Kanker (C.G.) 5 - District Education Officer, Kanker, District- North Bastar Kanker (C.G.) 6 - Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Koyalibeda, District- North Bastar Kanker (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Anuj Kumar Pandey, Advocate. For Respondent(s)/State : Shri Ankur Kashyap, Dy. Govt. Advocate. Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal Order on Board 29/05/2025 1. The challenge in this petition is to the order dated 13.05.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by Respondent No.4 whereby, the Petitioner was called upon to submit her written statement of defence within three days from the date of receipt of the said order. By the said order, the NARESH KUMAR KAMDE Digitally signed by NARESH KUMAR KAMDE Date: 2025.05.30 12:25:04 +0530 2 Petitioner was also required to explain as to (i) whether she requires an enquiry, (ii) whether she requires any oral hearing and (iii) whether she wants to produce any documents in her defence. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for petitioner submits that he would make a limited prayer that the present Writ Petition may be disposed of by extending the time limit prescribed in the impugned order dated 13.05.2025 (Annexure P-1) and the Petitioner may be permitted to raise all such grounds in her defence before Respondent No.4-Chief Executive Officer, Jila Panchayat, Kanker, District North Bastar Kanker to which, learned State Counsel has no objection. 3. Considering the limited prayer made by learned Counsel for the petitioner and further considering that too short time of three days only was granted to the petitioner to submit reply, in the interest of justice, the prayer made by the counsel for petitioner is allowed and petitioner is permitted to submit the reply to the show cause notice dated 13.05.2025 (Annexure P-1) within further period of 7 days from today before respondent No.4. In the event petitioner submits reply as directed, the same shall be considered while deciding the enquiry proceedings. 4. With the aforesaid direction and observation, the instant petition stands disposed of. 5. Consequently, all the pending applications also stand disposed of. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) VACATION JUDGE Kamde