2025:CGHC:27676 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6198 of 2025 Naresh Chandra Singh S/o Birendra Kumar Singh Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Govt. Upper Primary School, Barbhatha, Block Nawagarh, District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) - 495556 --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of School Education, Government Of Chhattisgarh Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar District - Raipur (C.G.) - 492002 2 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction Indrawati Bhawan Naya Raipur (C.G.) - 492002 3 - Collector Collector Complex District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) - 495668 4 - Joint Commissioner Education Division District - Bilaspur (C.G.) - 495001 5 - District Education Officer Block Nawagarh District - Janjgir Champa (C.G.) - 495665 6 - Sub Divisional Magistrate (Revenue) President Of Block Level Committee Block Nawagarh District - Janjgir -Champa (C.G.) - 495668 --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 6186 of 2025 Dev Ashish Pandey S/o Kamleshwar Prasad Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Government Upper Primary School, Bhilauni Block- Pamgarh, District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of School Education, Government Of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Joint Director Division Education Bilaspur C.G. 3 - Collector Collector Complex, District Janjgir-Champa C.G. 4 - District Education Officer D E O Office, District Janjgir Champa C.G. 5 - Block Education Officer, Block- Pamgarh, District- Janjgir-Champa C.G. Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.06.26 11:16:12 +0530 Wps 6198 of 2025 and other connected cases 2 6 - Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Revenue) President Of Block Level Committee Tehsil- Pamgarh, District- Janjgir-Champa C.G. --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 6111 of 2025 Khagesh Kumar Patel S/o Indal Prasad Patel Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Government Upper Primary School, Borda, Block Nawagarh, District- Janjgir- Champa, Chhattisgarh- 495556 ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of School Education, Government Of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh- 492002 2 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indravati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh- 492002 3 - Collector Collector Complex, District- Janjgir- Champa (C.G.), 495668 4 - Joint Director Education Division, District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh- 495001 5 - District Education Officer Block- Nawagarh, District- Janjgir- Champa (C.G.) 495668 6 - Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Revenue) President Of Block Level Committee, Block- Nawagarh, District- Janjgir- Champa (C.G.), 495668 ...Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner : Shri Devashish Tiwari and Ahri Shiv Sewak, Advocates For Respondents/State : Shri Akhilesh Kumar, GA, Smt Smita Jha, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 25.06.2025 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 Teachers and consequently transferred under the Teacher Rationalization Instructions. Wps 6198 of 2025 and other connected cases 3 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that list of surplus Teachers published by the respondents is 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 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 Divisional 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 Divisional Rationalization Committee within a period of five days from today, and appear before the said Committee on 1st July, 2025. Thereafter, the Committee shall decide the representation of the petitioners 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 petitioners, the impugned transfer order issued under Teacher Rationalization Instructions, so far as petitioners 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