1 2025:CGHC:43431 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9408 of 2025 1 - Prahlad Kumar Kenwat S/o Fendi Ram Kenwat Aged About 54 Years Occupation - Service, Presently Posted And Working As Headmaster, Government Primary School Bundeli, Block - S. Lohara, District - Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Collector Kabirdham, District - Kabirdham (C.G.) 4 - District Education Officer Kabirdham, District - Kabirdham (C.G.) 5 - Block Education Officer Block - S. Lohara, District - Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anunay Kumar Shrivastava, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Shreyansh Mehta, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Justice R avindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 26/08/2025 ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.08.28 19:18:16 +0530 2 1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition claiming the following reliefs: “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the order of rationalization of the Government Primary School, Bundeli, Block Sahaspur Lohara, District Kabirdham (C.G.). 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondents to protect the rights of the petitioner as Headmaster of the Government Primary School, Bundeli after the rationalization process. 10.3 Any other relief which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit in the facts and circumstances of the case.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is presently posted at Govt. Primary School, Bundeli, Kabirdham as Headmaster and the said Primary School has been merged with the Govt. Middle School Bundeli, Kabirdham under the rationalization instructions dated 02.08.2024. He would submits that by the merger, the rights of the petitioner is affected as he would be declared surplus and may be posted at some other place. The petitioner is joined in the school on 11.02.2022 and till date he is working as Headmaster of the school with respect to his grievance he has already made his representation to the Respondent No. 5 on 18.07.2025, but till date the same has not been decided by the authorities concerned, therefore, the rights of the petitioner may be protected. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State opposes and have submitted that the petitioner has challenged the merger of the school and it is a policy of the State Government under the rationalization instructions that two schools may be merged under the certain 3 conditions which has been mentioned in Clause 1(A) of the rationalization instructions dated 02.08.2024 and under the strict compliance of the rationalization instructions dated 02.08.2024, the Govt. Primary School Bundeli, Kabirdham is merged with Govt. Middle School Bundeli, Kabirdham. The petitioner is apprehending that he would be declared surplus and may be posted to another place which is consequence of merger of the school under the rationalization instructions but till date it has not been reflected from the documents annexed with the petition that no order of posting of the petitioner has been issued, therefore, the petitioner has no ground and the same liable to be dismissed. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents annexed with the petition. 5. From perusal of the documents annexed with the petition as well as pleadings made in the petition, it transpires that the petitioner is challenging the merger of Govt. Primary School Bundeli, Kabirdham to Govt. Middle School Bundeli, Kabirdham vide order dated 27.05.2025 (Annexure P/3). The State Government issued instructions on 02.08.2024 for rationalization of the school as well as merger which provides in Clause 1(A) and 1(B) of the said rationalization instructions which reads as under: “A. एक ही परिस में सचालित शाओं क युक्तितयुतकणः - 01. एक ही परिस में सचालित दो यु दो स अधिक प्राथधिमेंक वि#द्यायु% क युक्तितयुतकणः। 02. एक ही परिस में सचालित दो यु दो स अधिक प'#( मेंध्युधिमेंक वि#द्यायु% क युक्तितयुतकणः। 4 03. एक ही परिस में सचालित प्राथधिमेंक, प'#( मेंध्युधिमेंक वि#द्यायु% क युक्तितयुतकणः। 04 एक ही परिस में सचालित प'#( मेंध्युधिमेंक ए# हीईस्क' वि#द्यायु% क युक्तितयुतकणः । 05. एक ही परिस में सचालित प्राथधिमेंक, प'#( मेंध्युधिमेंक ए# हीईस्क' क युक्तितयुतकणः। 06, एक ही परिस में सचालित प्राथधिमेंक, प'#( मेंध्युधिमेंक, हीईस्क' ए# हीयु सक ण्ड वि#द्यायु% क युक्तितयुतकणः। 07 एक ही परिस में सचालित हीईस्क' ए# हीयु सक ण्ड वि#द्यायु% क युक्तितयुतकणः । B. कम दर्ज संख्या वाले शालेओं क याक्तियाकरण :- 10 स कमें दोर्ज( सख्यु # प्राथधिमेंक/प'#( मेंध्युधिमेंक शाओं क वि0कटस्थ शाओं में समेंयुर्ज0 विकयु र्जयुगा। 0स प्राभावि#त क्षेत्र ए# दूस्थ #0चा क वि#द्यायु% क लियु युक्तितयुतकणः हीत वि0(रित मेंपदोण्ड क बा#र्ज'दो जिर्ज सधिमेंवित क अध्युक्षे कट क युही वि##कधिक हीगा विक यु ऐस वि#द्यायु% क स्थ0यु परिक्तिस्थवितयु% क ध्यु0 में खत हुयु युक्तितयुतकणः प वि#चा क सक गा। एक ही स्त क दो वि#द्यायु जिर्ज0क बाचा क= दू कमें ही तथ दोर्ज( सख्यु भा कमें ही, उ0क समेंयुर्ज0 विकयु र्जयुगा। ऐस शाओं क= पस्प दू शाही क्षेत्र में 500 मेंट तथ दोर्ज( सख्यु 30 स कमें ए# ग्रामेंणः क्षेत्र में दू 01 विकमेंट स कमें तथ दोर्ज( सख्यु 10 स कमें ही, क युक्तितयुतकणः विकयु र्जएगा।" 6. In Clause 2 of the said rationalization instructions provided for procedure under which the schools are rationalized and Clause 5 of the said instructions provided for rationalization of the teachers of the school after its merger and declaration of surplus teachers and their management. The rationalization of the schools is the State policy in view of the posting of teachers as teachers less/single teachers/excess teachers school which has been made in the public interest as well as administrative exigency. The teachers who are posted in the school are necessarily to follow the consequences of merger they are declared surplus in the school. 7. In the present case although the Govt. Primary School Bundeli, Kabirdham where the petitioner is posted, it has been merged with 5 Govt. Middle School Bundeli, Kabirdham but till date no order of posting has been issued to the petitioner. The merger of two schools are under the rationalization instructions dated 02.08.2024 which cannot be interfered in the present writ petition. 8. I do not find any perversity or illegality in the order (Annexure P/3) dated 27.05.2025. 9. Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge Alok