1 2026:CGHC:19870 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4300 of 2022 1 - Chandrakant Gajendra S/o Suresh Kumar Gajendra Aged About 29 Years R/o Village Bawankera, Shanti Nagar Ward Number 01, Post Pithaura, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 2 - Premlata Kurre D/o Bhagirath Kurre Aged About 31 Years R/o Ward No. 10, Gram Post Lawsara , Tehsil Sakti, P.O. Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh. 3 - Ashutosh Thakur S/o Rakesh Thakur Aged About 29 Years R/o Quarter Number G- 14, New Civil Line, Police Station Civil Line, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 4 - Ritu Sahu D/o Bhubaneswar Sahu Aged About 26 Years R/o Village Chhibarra, Ward No. 04 Post Bhithidih, District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioners Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Forest And Climate Change Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Nava Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board Raipur Vyapam Bhavan North Block, Sector 19 Atal Nagar Chhattisgarh. 3 - Chhattisgarh State Forest Development Corporation Ltd. Through Its Managing Director Block A , Office Campus, Sector 24, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents For Petitioners : Mr. Rohit Sharma, Advocate For Respondent No. 1 For Respondent No. 2 For Respondent No. No. 3 For Intervener : : : Mr. T.L. Bareth, Panel Lawyer Mr. Vivek Siddharth Ojha, Advocate holding the brief of Mr. Saurabh Kumar Pandey, Advocate Mr. Yogendra Pandey, Advocate Mr. Rudra Pratap Dubey, Advocate Digitally signed by RAMESH KUMAR VATTI Date: 2026.04.29 19:41:09 +0530 2 Hon’ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 29/04/2026 1. The petitioners have filed this petition seeking the following relief(s):- “10.1 Hold that the exercise on part of the Respondents in depraving the Petitioner from being benefited on holding bachelors degree science (Engineering) is arbitrary, capricious, and illegal being violative of Article 14, 16 and 309 of Constitution of India. 10.2 This Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue appropriate writ order direction and thereby quash/set aside the impugned rejection missive (Annexure P/6). 10.3 This Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the Respondent to allow the petitioner to participate in recruitment process, holding the petitioners degree/qualification to be as required under the terms of advertisement. 10.4 Any other relief, which this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. ” 2. At the very outset, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that by efflux of time, the present petition has become infructuous, therefore, this petition may be dismissed being rendered infructuous. 3. No objection from other side. 4. Recording the statement made by Mr. Rohit Sharma, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, this petition is dismissed being rendered infructuous. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge vatti