1 / 4 2026:CGHC:6720 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1428 of 2026 Padamraj Yadav S/o Late Shivcharan Yadav Aged About 48 Years R/o Charbhatha, Tahsil Bemetara, District- Bemetara (C.G.) ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - The Engineer-In-Chief Public Works Department, Sirpur Bhawan District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - The Chief Engineer Public Work Department, Raipur Circle, Sirpur Bhawan, Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh 4 - The Superintending Engineer Public Work Department, Division Durg, District- Durg, Chhattisgarh 5 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department Division Bemetara, District- Bemetara, Chhattisgarh 6 - The Sub Divisional Officer Public Works Department Sub Division Bemetara, District- Bemetara Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Harsh Verma, Advocate For State : Mr. Lav Sharma, Panel Lawyer ALFIZA BAIG Digitally signed by ALFIZA BAIG Date: 2026.02.07 17:48:38 +0530 2 / 4 S.B.: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 06.02.2026 1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs:- “10.1 That this Hon’ble Court may kindly be please to command the respondents to produce the entire records for perusal of this Hon’ble. 10.2 The Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow the present writ petition and direct the respondents to grant fixed regular pay scale under the rules from the date when petitioner attained the status of permanent work charged paid employee. 10.3 The Hon’ble court direct respondents to give all benefits payable to a permanent work charged paid employee. 10.4 Any other relief, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favor of the petitioner together with cost of the petition.” 2. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner was appointed on the post of Permanent Gangman on 31.05.1999 and since then he is continuously discharging his duty on the said post. He submits that some of the gangman appointed along with the petitioner were regularized by State Govt. however, the case of petitioner has not been considered. He further submits that petitioner after completion of more than 15 years of service has acquired the status of permanent gangman under the Chhattisgarh Workcharged and Contingency Paid Employees Recruitment and Service Rules 1975. In support of his contention he places reliance upon decision of this Court in case of Smt. Lila Bai Vs. State of Chhattisgarh in writ petition bearing WPS No. 1001 of 2005 and other connected matters decided on 04.01.2007. 3 / 4 He also places reliance upon the decision of Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in writ petition bearing WPS No. 4266 of 2020 (Smt. Umthi Bai @ Khorbahrin Sahu Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others) decided on 27.03.2025. 3. Learned State counsel submits that petitioner has not submitted any representation before the competent authority for redressal of his grievance as raised in this writ petition and further submits that if petitioner submits a representation raising all the grounds as raised in this writ petition, it will be considered in accordance with law, at the earliest. 4. On due consideration of submission made by learned counsel for the respective parties, considering the nature of grievances that petitioner is working as a permanent Gangman since 1999 and thereby completed 26 years of continuous service and also considering the decision passed in the cases as referred by the counsel of petitioner and further taking note of provisions under the Chhattisgarh Workcharged and Contingency Paid Employees Recruitment and Service Rules 1975, I find it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition at this stage permitting petitioner to submit detailed representation before the respondents and if such a representation is submitted, concerned authority shall consider and take decision on representation to be submitted by petitioner in an objective manner, keeping in mind the decisions of this Court in above referred case and decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of Jaggo Versus Union of India reported in (2024) SCC Online SC 3826 & Bholanath Vs. State of Jharkhand reported in SLP(c) No.30762/ 2024 decided on 4 / 4 31.01.2026, expeditiously, preferably within a further period of two months from the date of receipt of representation. 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Certified copy as per rules. sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Alfiza