1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7096 of 2025 1 - Bharat Ram Sahu S/o Janak Ram Sahu Aged About 67 Years R/o Village Kodasar Thakurkapa District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 - Manmohan Lal Dixena S/o Lalji Dixena Aged About 69 Years R/o Village Mungadih District - Korba (C.G.) 3 - Ramgopal Vaishnav S/o Bahadur Vaishnav Aged About 73 Years R/o Raja Para Kargikhurd District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Tularam Sahu S/o Dayaram Sahu Aged About 69 Years R/o Village Awas Para Bharari District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Rohani Kumar Sahu S/o Dayaram Sahu Aged About 66 Years R/o Village Bharari District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resources Department Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar, Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Hasdev Kachhar Water Resource Department Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Kota District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Gaurela Pendra Marwahi (C.G.) 6 - Joint Director Pension And Kosh Lekha Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner (s) : Shri Ayush Kesharwani on behalf of Shri Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate. For State : Shri Kawaljeet Singh Saini, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J Order on Board 15.07. 202 5 Heard. 1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that in similarly situated facts and the question of law, a batch of the writ petition, the leading case of which was Writ Petition (S) No. 2904 of 2005 [Dwarikadas Vaishnav & another Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (now Digitally signed by INDRAJEET SAHU Date: 2025.07.16 11:47:32 +0530 2 Chhattisgarh) and others] has been considered and decided by the Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 05.12.2012, in which, the petitioners, in those cases, have been granted liberty to file a fresh representation before competent authority, therefore, this petition may also be disposed of in light of that order directing the respondents- Competent Authority to consider the case of the petitioners for revision of pay scale in accordance with the Notification dated 14.10.1992 (which was modified subsequently as 14.10.1982) issued by State of Madhya Pradesh, as the petitioners were earlier working as daily wage employee and subsequently their services were regularized. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the State/respondents would submit that earlier the respondent/State had already considered the issue of the petitioner in the light of the judgment passed by State Administrative Tribunal, Gwalior Bench in Laxmi Narayan Upadhyay v. State of M.P., however, he submits that if the petitioner file a fresh representation, the State will consider his case in light of the notification as mentioned herein above. 3. In view of the above submissions made by the parties, this petition is disposed of. If the petitioners file a fresh representation before the competent authority, the same shall be considered and decided by the competent authority in light of the aforesaid notification expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a certified copy of this order. 4. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed off. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge inder