1 / 5 2026:CGHC:14251 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 12273 of 2025 1 - Suresh Kumar Patel S/o Reshamlal Patel Aged About 35 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Goherapali (Saraipali), District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 2 - Domprakash Kashyap S/o Manharan Lal Aged About 44 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Surda, District- Mungeli (C.G.) 3 - Santlal Sahu S/o Amru Aged About 40 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Temri, District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Praveen Ratre S/o Dilip Singh Aged About 34 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Risali (Bhilai), District- Durg (C.G.) 5 - Sanjay Banjare S/o Ganesh Ram Aged About 45 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Rahangi, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 6 - Mukesh Nishad S/o Shobha Ram Aged About 33 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Machkhar, District- Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (C.G.) 7 - Amit Kumar Sahu S/o Chhatra Sahu Aged About 37 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Community Health Centre, Bilaigarh, District- Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (C.G.) 8 - Vijay Kumar Sahu S/o Atmaram Aged About 33 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Nevari (Simga), District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) 9 - Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal S/o Manharan Aged About 35 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Ghivari (Saja), District- Bemetara (C.G.) 10 - Nilesh Gupta S/o Krishna Kumar Gupta Aged About 36 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Community Health Center Sitapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) 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Kamla Ojha W/o Ramesh Shukla Aged About 58 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Female) At Urban Arogya Mandir, Haldibadi, District- Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) 12 - Mirza Kasim Beg S/o Mirza Ismail Aged About 45 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Uslapur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 13 - Vinay Pradhan S/o Ramlal Pradhan Aged About 36 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Mednipur, District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 14 - Jagannath Goswami S/o Fagu Goswami Aged About 40 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Jaijaipur, District- Sakti (C.G.) 15 - Shatrughan Rathore S/o Late Sundarlal Aged About 38 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Sarkhon, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) 16 - Pankaj Sethiya S/o Sangram Sethiya Aged About 35 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Kinjoli, District- Bastar (C.G.) 17 - Harish Chandra Jaiswal S/o Guljarilal Aged About 37 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Dongriguda, District- Kondagaon (C.G.) 18 - Sheikh Farukh S/o Sheikh Abdul Kalam Azad Aged About 35 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Mandir, Kandulnar, District- Bijapur (C.G.) 19 - Drupad Raj Sethiya S/o Jaidev Aged About 36 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Badebanjoda, District- Kondagaon (C.G.) 20 - Shreyansh Jaiswal S/o Vinod Aged About 36 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Patna, District- Koriya (C.G.) 21 - Aditya Sharma S/o Nilambar Sharma Aged About 34 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Gopalpur, District- Surajpur (C.G.) 22 - Dev Padouti S/o Santosh Kumar Aged About 36 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Kukda, Chura, District- Gariyaband (C.G.) 23 - Golu Sonwani S/o Baldau Sonwani Aged About 44 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Bardi, District- Kabirdham (C.G.) 24 - Pannalal Patel S/o Late Bhulanram Aged About 52 Years Working As 3 / 5 Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Kurdipara, District- Korba (C.G.) 25 - Gajendra Bhosle S/o Raghwendra Aged About 38 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Sighansara, District- Sakti (C.G.) 26 - Subhash Chand Sharma S/o Ramesh Chand Aged About 44 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Band, Bagicha, District- Jashpur (C.G.) 27 - Yespal Patel S/o Narayan Patel Aged About 34 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Kisdi, District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 28 - Hemant Mahant S/o Kanakdas Mahant Aged About 37 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Gajar, District- Balrampur (C.G.) 29 - Khilendra Kumar Sahu S/o Manoj Kumar Sahu Aged About 34 Years Working As Rural Health Organizer (Male) At Ayushman Arogya Mandir, Kutena, District- Gariyaband (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Health And Family Welfare Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Upper Secretary Health And Family Welfare Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Director Health Services, Swasthya Bhawan, Sector 19, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Ravikar Patel, Advocate For Respondent : Ms. Apurva Nigam, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order On Board 25/03/2026 1. Petitioners have filed this petition seeking following reliefs: “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call all the record of this case for the pertaining of the Hon'ble Court. 4 / 5 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent authorities for consideration the Rs. 2800/- grade pay for the petitioners. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to fix the pay discrepancy of the petitioners. 10.4 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the State to comply the Recruitment and Promotion Rules, 2013 of the said post. 10.5 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief as it may deems fit and appropriate.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were initially appointed as Rural Health Workers. At the time of initial appointment they were granted grade-pay of Rs.2200/-. However, other Radiographer, Lab Technician, Ophthalmic Assistant Officer are being paid grade-pay of Rs.2800/-. Petitioners are also entitled for the same grade pay of Rs.2800/-. He however submits that as the petitioners have not submitted any representation raising ground as raised in this writ petition, therefore at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representation before the respondent authorities and a direction be issued to concerned authorities to consider and take decision on the representation to be submitted by petitioners at the earliest within specified time frame. 3. Learned counsel for the the State submits that she is having no objection to the limited prayer made by learned counsel for petitioners. 4. On due consideration of submission of learned counsel for the respective parties, nature of the grievance raised, this writ petition is 5 / 5 disposed of permitting the petitioners to submit representation before respondents No. 1 to 3 raising all grievance as raised in this writ petition and if such representation is submitted, same shall be considered and decided by the respondent authority, expeditiously, preferably within a period of 6 months from the date of receipt of representation. Sd/-/ (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Praveen