2025:CGHC:24453 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4684 of 2025 Smt. Pragya Singh W/o Shri Sanjay Singh Aged About 45 Years R/o Patelpara Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) Presently Posted At Middle School Thakurpur Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The School Education Department Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Director Public Education Directorate Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The District Education Officer Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) 4 - The Block Education Officer Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) 5 - The Head Master Middle School Thakurpur Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) 6 - Sweta Shrivastva D/o S.K. Shrivastva R/o Bhagat Singh Ward No. 24 Kedarpur Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) ...Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner : Shri Bhupendra Singh, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri Ajit Singh, GA, and Shri KS Saini, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 16.06.2025 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner is challenging the impugned transfer order and action of the respondents whereby the petitioner has been declared surplus Teacher and consequently transferred under the Teacher Rationalization Instructions. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that list of surplus Teachers published by the respondents is against the rationalization instructions, and the same Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.06.16 17:39:46 +0530 Wps 4684 of 2025 2 is arbitrary as no proper opportunity of hearing was given to the petitioner, and if the petitioner is not granted interim relief, he/she 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 petitioner has been transferred under the rationalization instructions issued by the State Government. Learned State counsel would further submit that if the petitioner is having any grievance, he/she may move fresh representation before the concerned District Rationalization Committee, and the Committee will take a decision on his/her 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 petitioner is directed to make fresh representation before the concerned District Rationalization Committee within a period of five days from today, and appear before the said Committee on 20th June, 2025. Thereafter, the Committee shall decide the representation of the petitioner within seven 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(s), the impugned transfer order issued under Teacher Rationalization Instructions, so far as petitioner(s) is/are concerned, be kept in abeyance. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma