2025:CGHC:30831 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6818 of 2025 Anjula Shrivastava W/o Shri Narendra Shrivastava Aged About 60 Years Assistant Teacher P.S. Uraonpara Ghanshiward Block And District Sarguja (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Department Of School Education Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - District Education Officer Sarguja District Sarguja (C.G.) ...Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner : Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri Suyash Dhar Badgayya, Dy GA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 07.07.2025 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 the petitioner has not joined at her transferred place. It is further submitted 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, and if the petitioner is not granted relief, she will suffer Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.07.07 17:03:33 +0530 Wps 6818 of 2025 2 with irreparable loss. Learned counsel for the petitioner would further submit that the petitioner still wants to pursue her representation before the concerned authorities to redress her grievances. 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. It is further submitted that, if the petitioner is having any grievance, she may move fresh representation before the concerned District/Divisional Rationalization Committee and the Committee will take a decision on his 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/Divisional Rationalization Committee within a period of 05 days from today, and thereafter, the Committee shall decide the same within a further period of 05 days from the date of receipt of representation, in accordance with law, in objective manner. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma