1 2025:CGHC:36706 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5753 of 2021  Krishna Kumar Sahu S/o Shri Kashiram Sahu Aged About 56 Years Presently Working As Draftsman At Office Of Excutive Engineer, Public Warks Department No.3, Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2. Engineer In Chief Public Works Department, Sector-19 Nirmad Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) (Cause Title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Mr. Shashank Tiwari, Advocate holding the brief of Mr. Somkant Verma, Advocate For State : Ms. Neelima Singh Thakur, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 28. 07.2025 1. The petitioner has filed this petition challenging the order dated 08.08.2019, whereby the claim of the petitioner for the grant of regular pay scale and seniority from the initial date of appointment has been rejected. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that an identical writ petition bearing WPS No. 958 of 2020 has been disposed of by this Court whereby the order of the Committee was set-aside and the matter was remitted back for fresh consideration to the Committee. He would pray that, 2 as the cases of similarly situated employees have been placed before the Committee, the case of the petitioner may be sent back to the Committee for fresh consideration. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the State would oppose. She would submit that the authority concerned has considered the claim of the petitioner in terms of the observations made by this Court in WPS No. 836 of 2019 dated 08.02.2019 and has passed a well reasoned order. She would further submit that the instant petition deserves to be dismissed. 4. Taking into consideration the facts and the contentions made by Mr. Tiwari, and the fact that the cases of similarly situated employees have been placed before the Committee; the order dated 08.08.2019 is hereby set- aside and the matter is remitted back to the authority concerned i.e. the Committee constituted by the State Government to consider the claim of the petitioner in light of the judgment passed by this Court in WPS No. 958 of 2020 dated 24.02.2021. 5. With the aforesaid observation(s) and direction(s), the instant petition is hereby disposed of. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge $iddhant