1 2025:CGHC:34532 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8040 of 2025 1 - Uttam Prasad Paikra S/o Shri Arjun Singh Aged About 61 Years Working On The Post Of Forest Sub Divisional Officer, Janakpur, Division Manendragarh, Dist. - Manendragadh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Forest And Climate Change Department, Ministry At Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, P.S. Rakhi, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest Aranya Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Dist. Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Conservator Of Forest Surguja Circle, Pratappur Road, Ambikapur, Dist. - Surguja Chhattisgarh 4 - Divisional Forest Officer Manendragarh Division, Jkd Road, Manendragarh, Dist. - Manendragadh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh 5 - Laxminarayan Forest Sub Divisional Officer, Manendragarh, Division - Manendragarh, Dist. - Manendragadh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Jai Prakash Shukla, Advocate For Respondent(s) For Res. No. 5 /Caveator : : Mr. S. P. Kale, Addl. Advocate General Mr. Shashank Thakur, Advocate SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.07.23 11:41:50 +0530 2 Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 21/07/2025 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 his 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, he will suffer with irreparable loss. Learned counsel for the petitioner would further submit that the petitioner still want to pursue his representation before the concerned authorities to redress his 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, he 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. Learned counsel for the Respondent No. 5/ Caveator would submit that in compliance of the order dated 30.06.2025 which has been annexed at Page -12 of the petition, the Respondent No. 5 has joined at his transferred place of posting. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the pleadings and documents. 6. In view of submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the petitioner is directed to make a fresh representation before the concerned District/Divisional Rationalization Committee within a period 3 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 till then the status quo shall be maintained, as on today. 7. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge sagrika