2025:CGHC:28465 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6480 of 2025 Prashant Verma S/o Bisaru Ram Verma Aged About 44 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School, Khajri, Block Dhamdha District Durg Chhattisgarh --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Collector District Durg Chhattisgarh 4 - District Education Officer Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh 5 - Block Education Officer Dhamdha, District Durg Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 6599 of 2025 Smt. Sapna Sharma W/o Amit Kumar Sharma Aged About 41 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.), At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Mahloi, Block Pussore, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education , Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Director. Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indravati Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Joint Director, Education Division Bilaspur District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 - Collector, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh 5 - District Education Officer, Raigarh District Raigarh Chhattisgarh 6 - Block Education Officer, Pussore, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.06.28 10:27:17 +0530 Wps 6480 of 2025 and connected cases 2 WPS No. 6576 of 2025 Vimal Kumar Manhar S/o Sita Ram Manhar Aged About 46 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. High School, Raykera, Block Bagicha District- Jashpur (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Collector District- Jashpur (C.G.) 4 - District Education Officer Jashpur, District- Jashpur (C.G.) 5 - Block Education Officer Bagicha, District- Jashpur (C.G.) ...Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner : Shri Govind Prasad Dewangan, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri Suyash Dhar Badgayya, Dy GA, Ms Smita Jha, and Shri Khulesh Sahu, Panel Lawyers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 27.06.2025 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioners are challenging the impugned transfer orders and action of the respondents whereby the petitioners have been declared surplus Teachers, 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 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 orders are liable to be set aside. Wps 6480 of 2025 and connected cases 3 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. It is further submitted that if the petitioners are having any grievance, they may move fresh representation before the concerned District/Divisional Rationalization Committee, and the Committee will take a decision on their representations 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 representations 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 representations in accordance with law in objective manner. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petitions stand disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma