1 2025:CGHC:2673 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 388 of 2025 1 - Bhay Bhanjan Behra S/o Narsingh Nath Behra Aged About 54 Years Working As Peon, Government Higher Secondary School, Basantpur, Block-Gharghoda, Dis. Raigarh ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar New Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The District Education Officer Raigarh, Dist. Raigarh (C.G.) 3 - The Commissioner Tribal Welfare Department Chhattisgarh Raipur (C.G.) 4 - The Assistant Commissioner Tribal Welfare Department Raigarh District Raigarh (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from the Case Information System) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner :- Mr. Ramakant Pandey, Advocate For State :- Mr. Neelima Singh, P.L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SB- Hon'ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order On Board VISHAKHA BEOHAR Digitally signed by VISHAKHA BEOHAR 2 16.01.2025 1. By this petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent authorities to grant him regular pay scale w.e.f. his initial date of appointment. 2. At the very outset, learned counsel appearing for the State submits that the State Government, by order dated 09/07/2012, has constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of the Commissioner, Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Development Department, to look into the grievances of the employees with regard to grant of regular pay scale from their initial date of appointment. Thus, this matter may be referred to the said Committee. 3. The issue involved in the present case, in respect of regular pay scale has already been considered and decided by this Court in Dashrath Prasad Kaiwartya Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others [WP(S) No.2144/12, decided on 17/07/2012] wherein, this Court observed as under :- "4. In view of the foregoing, nothing further is required to be done in this case. The petitioner may approach the aforestated Committee, if the relief sought for by the petitioner in this petition has not been granted. It is further directed that all the similarly situated teachers may first approach to the Committee, as aforestated, before approaching to this Court if their grievances still survive, they are at liberty to approach this Court. It is further clarified that the similarly situated 3 teachers may make a representation to the Committee for redressal of their grievances in respect of grant of regular pay scale w.e.f. the initial date of appointment by post also." 4. In view of the foregoing, the petitioner is directed to approach the Committee for appropriate relief and, in turn, the Committee is directed to consider and decide the case, in accordance with law and on its own merits. The needful may be done within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Vishakha