1 2025:CGHC:28412 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5906 of 2025 1 - Namrata Singh W/o Pushp Raj Singh Aged About 38 Years R/o Ward No. 02, Ujirpara, Kosa, Post Kosa District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department Of School Education Mantralaya At Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Director Directorate Of Public Instruction Indrawati Bhawan Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Joint Director Education Division Bilaspur Division Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - The District Education Officer District - Janjgir -Champa District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) 5 - The Block Education Officer Block Navagarh District - Janjgir -Champa (C.G.) 6 - The Principal Govt. Primary School Kewa, Block Navagarh District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 6466 of 2025 1 - Priyanka Rani Singh W/o Jitendra Singh Aged About 39 Years R/o Naharpara, Thakur Chaal, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---Petitioner(s) 2 Versus 1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya At Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - The Director Directorate Of Public Instructions, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - The Joint Director Education Division Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - The District Education Officer Janjgir-Champa, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 5 - The Block Education Officer Block Navagarh, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 6 - The Principal Govt. Primary School, Markadih, Block Navagarh, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 5995 of 2025 1 - Lav Kumar Rathore S/o Late Devi Dayal Rathore Aged About 34 Years Post- Assistant Teacher, Government Primary School- Dongrapara, Cluster Center-Kanki, Block- Kartala, Distt- Korba, C.G. ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya At Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Director Directorate Of Public Instructions, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Joint Director Education Division- Bilaspur Division- Bilaspur (C.G.) 3 4 - The District Education Officer District- Korba, District- Korba (C.G.) 5 - The Block Education Officer Block Kartala, District- Korba (C.G.) 6 - The Principal Primary School, Dongapara, Kanki, Block Kartala, Distt- Korba (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Akansha Verma Dabhadkar on behalf of Mr. Akansha Verma Dabhadkar on behalf of Mr. Ashutosh Pandey, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Khulesh Sahu, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 27-06-2025 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner(s) is/are challenging the impugned transfer order(s) and action of the respondents whereby the petitioner(s) has/have been declared surplus Teacher(s) and consequently transferred under the Teacher Rationalization Instructions. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) 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 petitioner(s) and if the petitioner(s) is/are not granted interim relief, he/she/they will suffer with irreparable loss. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) further submit that the petitioner(s) has/ have not joined in his/her/their transferred place of posting till date. Therefore, the impugned order(s) is/are liable to be set aside. 3. Learned counsel for the State would submit that after due verification of records the petitioner(s) has/have been transferred under the rationalization instructions issued by the State Government. It is further 4 submitted that if the petitioner(s) is/are having any grievance, he/she/they may move fresh representation before the concerned District/Divisional Rationalization Committee and the Committee will take a decision on his/her/their representation(s) 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(s) is/are directed to make fresh representation(s) before the concerned District/Divisional Rationalization Committee within a period of five days from today and thereafter the Committee shall decide the same within a further period of five days from the date of receipt of representation(s) in accordance with law in objective manner. Till representation(s) of petitioner(s) is/are decided, there shall be status quo as it exists today so far as transfer of present petitioner(s) is/are concerned. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge sagrika