NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7117 of 2025 1 - Annapurna Baghel W/o Shailesh Kumar Baghel Aged About 55 Years Working As Teacher (L.B.) Govt. Middle School Badgaon Bock Arang District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Moman Bhardwaj S/o Sonuram Aged About 53 Years Working As Teacher (L.B.) Govt. Middle School Badgaon Block Arang District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Surekha Verma W/o Dushyant Verma Aged About 46 Years Working As Teacher (L.B.) Govt. Middle School Badgaon Block Arang District - Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, School Education Department, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar, Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Panchayat And Rural Development Department Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawam, Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar, Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Director Directorate Of Public Instruction Indrawati Bhawan Atal Nagar, Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 4 - The District Education Officer Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 5 - The Block Education Officer Arang District - Raipur (C.G.) 6 - The Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 7 - The Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat Arang District - Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Shri Ankush Gupta, Advocate on behalf of Shri Goutam Khetrapal, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri S Choubey, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 18.07.2025 1. The claim of the petitioners in this petition is with regard to grant of Kramonnati Vetanman/ Time Pay Scale. Wps 7117 of 2025 2 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that with regard to award of the Time Pay Scale, some Circular has been issued by the respondent/State. Apart from this, Division Bench of this Court in case of Smt Sona Sahu Vs State of Chhattisgarh and others in WA-261 of 2023 has also considered the identical issue. Petitioners are also entitled for the Kramonnati Vetanman / Time Pay Scale. He further submits that at present this petition may be disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to make a representation to the competent authority in light of order passed by this Court in WA-261 of 2023. 3. Learned State counsel opposes the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners. 4. Be that as it may, looking to the limited prayer made by the learned counsel for petitioners, this petition, at this stage, is disposed of permitting the petitioners to make representation raising all grounds as raised in this writ petition to the respondents concerned/ competent authority, annexing all relevant documents, and judgment of this Court passed in WA-261 of 2023. On such representation being made, it is expected that the respondents concerned/competent authority shall consider the same in accordance with law, considering the Circular(s) issued in this regard, in light of judgment of this Court in WA-261 of 2023 within further period of four months from the date of receipt of such representation. 5. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of this case, and it is for respondents concerned to consider the claim of petitioners on its own merits. 6. With this observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma