2025:CGHC:42304 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8029 of 2025 1 - Sanjay Kumar S/o Late Jaituram Aged About 45 Years Adarsh Nagar, Kunkuri P.S. Kunkuri District - Jashpur (C.G.) 2 - Khirodhar Singh S/o Ramnath Singh Aged About 47 Years R/o Ghenderbhatta, P.O. Kunkuri District - Jashpur (C.G.) 3 - Kamtanath Yadav S/o Tuladhar Yadav Aged About 33 Years Vasudevpur, P.S. Duldula, District - Jashpur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Commissioner Department Of Aadim Jati And Anusuchit Jati Vikas, Chhattisgarh Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Collector Jashpur District - Jashpur (C.G.) 4 - District Education Officer Jashpur District - Jashpur (C.G.) 5 - Block Education Officer Kunkuri District - Jashpur (C.G.) 6 - Block Education Officer Duldula District - Jashpur (C.G.) ...Respondent (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Shri HS Ahluwalia, Advocate For Respondents/State : Ms Smita Jha, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 21.08.2025 1. The petitioners have filed the present writ petition seeking following reliefs: Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.08.25 11:25:29 +0530 Wps 8029 of 2025 2 “i) The Hon’ble court may kindly be pleased to command the respondents to produce the entire records of the case particularly the records of the petitioners for consideration of their nature of appointment, for perusal of this Hon’ble Court. ii) The Hon’ble court may kindly be pleased to allow the present writ petition and direct the respondent authorities grant fixed pay scale of Rs.4750-7440/- + grade pay of Rs.1300 to the petitioners upon completion of 3 years of service on collector rate in light of the notification/circular dated 12/9/2011, in the interest of justice. iii) Any other relief, which may be suitable in the facts and circumstances of the case. This petition, may be allowed with cost” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that earlier, the State Government has passed various Circulars mentioned in Circular dated 12.09.2011, however, it was withdrawn. Thereafter, again, it was reconsidered, and the order of withdrawal of the Circular was taken back, as such, all the work-charged employees, and the contingency paid employees were being given benefit of regular pay-scale under contingency establishment even without any set-up. It is submitted that on the basis of Circular dated 12.09.2011, the other Districts like Bastar, Narayanpur, and Bijapur have considered the case and were granted benefit of permanent status. Therefore, petitioners herein are also entitled for grant of benefit of permanent status in light of Circular dated 12.09.2011. 3. Learned State counsel opposes the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners on merits, however, he would submit that he has no Wps 8029 of 2025 3 objection if a direction is being given to the authorities to decide the representation of the petitioners, in accordance with law, in view of the said Circular. 4. Heard learned counsel for the parties, and perused the documents available on record. 5. Considering the aforesaid aspect of the matter, and also considering the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the parties, the Writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to file appropriate representation before the respondent authorities stating all the facts which have been shown before this court, and in turn, the respondent authorities shall consider their case after verifying that whether the petitioners are contingency paid employees, or not, in light of Circular dated 12.09.2011, and also considering the fact that similar benefits have been granted by various districts. In the event of filing representation by each of the petitioners within two weeks, the respondents are directed to decide the same in a pragmatic manner, keeping the above mentioned Circular under consideration. The respondent authorities are directed to decide the representation within a period of twelve weeks from receipt of such representation from the petitioners, in accordance with law. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma