1 2025:CGHC:24836 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4851 of 2025 1 - Lalit Kumar S/o Shri Ranglal Sonwani Aged About 49 Years Working As Lecturer (Physics), Government Boys Higher Secondary School Darima, Block Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Director Public Instruction Directorate First Floor, C-Block, Indravati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Collector District Surguja (C.G.) 4 - The District Education Officer District Surguja (C.G.) 5 - The Block Education Officer Block Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) 6 - The Secretary Rationalization Committee Cum District Education Officer, District Surguja (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 4865 of 2025 1 - Madhvilata Sonwani W/o Shri Lalit Kumar Aged About 43 Years Working As Lecturer (Chemistry), Government High School Ajirma, Block - Ambikapur, District - Surguja (C.G.) SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.06.17 17:50:38 +0530 2 ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Director Public Instruction Directorate, First Floor, C-Block, Indravati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Collector District - Surguja (C.G.) 4 - The District Education Officer District - Surguja (C.G.) 5 - The Block Education Officer Block - Ambikapur, District - Surguja (C.G.) 6 - The Secretary Rationalization Committee Cum District Education Officer, District - Surguja (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Akath Kumar Yadav, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Ms. Sabyasachi Choubey, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 17/06/2025 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioners are challenging the impugned transfer order and action of the respondents whereby the petitioners have been declared surplus Teacher and consequently transferred under the Teacher Rationalization Instructions. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that list of surplus Teachers published by the respondents are against the rationalization instructions, and the same is arbitrary as no proper opportunity of hearing was given to the petitioners, and if the petitioners are not 3 granted interim relief, they will suffer with irreparable loss. Therefore, the impugned order is liable to be set aside. 3. Learned counsel for the State would submit that after due verification of records, the petitioners have been transferred under the rationalization instructions issued by the State Government. Learned State counsel would further submit that if the petitioners are having any grievance, they may move fresh representation before the concerned District Rationalization Committee, and the Committee will take a decision on their representation in accordance with law within a stipulated period. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the pleadings and documents. 5. In view of submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the petitioners are directed to make fresh representation before the concerned District Rationalization Committee within a period of 05 days from today, and appear before the said Committee on 23rd June, 2025. Thereafter, the Committee shall decide the representation of the petitioner within 07 days from the date of receipt of representation in accordance with law, in objective manner. Till decision on the representation is communicated to the petitioner, the impugned transfer order issued under Teacher Rationalization Instructions, so far as petitioner is concerned, be kept in abeyance. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge sagrika