1 / 3 2025:CGHC:20370 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3103 of 2025 1 - Smt. Archna Meshram W/o Shri Abhinash Kumar Meshram Aged About 47 Years Occupation- Lecturer LB At Posted Government Higher Secondary School, Lakhauli Arang Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Panchayat Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Mantralaya New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, School Education Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Mantralaya, New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - District Education Officer Raipur District Raipur (C.G.) 4 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Director Lok Shikshan Sanchalnalaya, Indrawati Bhavan, New Raipur, Atal Nagar District Raipur (C.G.) 5 - Mukhya Karyapalan Adhikari Jila Panchayat Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) SOURABH BHILWAR Digitally signed by SOURABH BHILWAR Date: 2025.05.05 18:05:54 +0530 2 / 3 For Petitioner : Mr. Nasimuddin Ansari and Mr. Riyazuddin Sheikh, Advocates For Respondents/ State : Ms. Nupur Trivedi, Panel Lawyer (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 05/05/2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner who is working as Lecturer (LB) posted at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Lakhauli, Arang, District Raipur, preferred the present writ petition seeking a direction towards the respondent authority to consider the initial date of appointment of the petitioner i.e. 03.09.1998 for giving the benefit of old pension scheme. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submit that the petitioner has submitted a representation before the Secretary/respondent authorities on 25.04.2023 and the same is pending, it has not been decided till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeking a limited direction to the respondents to consider and decide the representation pending before the respondent authorities. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents/ State submits that looking to the limited prayer of the petitioner, the writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the Secretary to consider the representation within a stipulated period. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents. 5. Looking to the fact that the representation of the petitioner is pending since 2023, the concerned authority/ respondent No. 2 is directed to consider and decide the representation of the 3 / 3 petitioner in accordance with law within a period of 50 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE $. Bhilwar