1 2026:CGHC:20851 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3860 of 2026 1 - Malti Devi Banjare W/o Santosh Banjare Aged About 42 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School Deepapara Dhobanipali, Block Baramkela, District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 2 - Priyanka Khute D/o Makhan Lal Aged About 39 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School Hardi Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 3 - Manju Kurre W/o Dinesh Kumar Kurre Aged About 35 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School Hardi Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 4 - Smt. Suchita Kerketta W/o Heera Lal Aged About 53 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School Hardi Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 5 - Smt. Anjali Sahoo W/o Amitabh Kumar Sahoo Aged About 43 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School Hardi Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 6 - Mithlesh Kumar Rao S/o Ramashankar Rao Aged About 39 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School Bataupali (B) Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 7 - Khelawan Kumar Nirala S/o Jharokha Nirala Aged About 41 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School Amakoni (B) Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 8 - Rampal Patel S/o Damrudhar Patel Aged About 41 Years Presently RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2026.05.07 11:00:40 +0530 2 Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School Amjhar Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 9 - Budhram Patel S/o Niranjan Patel Aged About 54 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School Amjhar Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 10 - Purnima Patel W/o Jitendra Patel Aged About 38 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School Amjhar Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 11 - Barat Ram Nishad S/o Heera Lal Nishad Aged About 48 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School Hardi Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 12 - Smt. Phool Kumari Sahu W/o Shiv Kumar Sahu Aged About 35 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School Pindari Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 13 - Rupesh Kumar Verma S/o Chaitanya Kumar Verma Aged About 46 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School Gudeli Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 14 - Shiv Kumar Sahu S/o Firtu Ram Sahu Aged About 36 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. H.S. School Gudeli Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 15 - Smt. Rukmani Patel W/o Salik Ram Patel Aged About 42 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. H. S. School Gudeli Block Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of School Education Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur , District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur , District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 3 - Director, Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur , District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Commissioner Cum Director, Directorate Of Panchayat, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur , District- Raipur (C.G.) 5 - District Education Officer District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 6 - Block Education Officer, Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) 7 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat Sarangarh District- Sarangarh - Bilaigarh (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from CIS) For Petitioners : Mr. Rupesh Sahu, Advocate For Respondents-State : Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Saini, Dy. Govt. Advocate SB: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 05/05/2026 1. Petitioners have filed this petition seeking following relief (s) :- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondents authority to consider the case of the petitioners for grant of the benefits of Kramonnati Vetanman on completion of 10 years of their services in view/ light of the order passed by the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Hon'ble Court in the case of Smt. Sona Sahu Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others passed in Writ Appeal No. 261/2023 on 28.02.2024 and also in view of the circular / order dated 10.03.2017 issued by the State Government of Chhattisgarh. 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly further be pleased to direct the respondents to give all the 4 consequential benefits to the petitioners including the arrears of pay with interest from the date of the completion of 10 years of services till the actual payment of Kramonnati Vetanman within a stipulated period of time. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief/relief's in favour of the petitioners, which the Hon'ble Court deemed fit & just in the facts and circumstances of the case, including awarding of the costs to the petitioner.” 2. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioners are entitled for Kramonnati Vetanman in terms of decision in case of Sona Sahu Vs. State of Chhattisgarh, in W.A. No.261 of 2023, decided on 28.02.2024. 3. Learned State counsel opposes the submission of learned counsel for petitioners and would submit that case of the petitioners is different than that of case of Sona Sahu. Petitioners were earlier employee of Panchayat Department and thereafter, they were absorbed in Education Department pursuant to policy decision taken by State Government on 30.06.2018. Petitioners were not appointed as regular Assistant Teacher by School Education Department but was appointed by Janpad Panchayat. Coordinate Bench of this Court has considered the issue with regard to grant of Kramonnati Vetanman to such employee in WPS No.11009 of 2025 and other batch of writ petitions and has dismissed those writ petitions. 4. Petitioners upon asking do not dispute the submission of learned State counsel with respect to their initial appointment under 5 Panchayat Department by Janpad Panchayat as also decision in WP(S) No.11009 of 2025. 5. The Coordinate Bench of this Court while considering the batch of writ petitions lead case bearing WPS No. 11009 of 2025 with regard to grant of Kramonnati to petitioners therein, has dismissed the writ petitions and observed thus :- “35. Considering the facts of the case that the petitioners till absorption in pursuance of the policy dated 30.06.2018 are not teachers of the School Education Department, they were shikshakarmis though their designation has been changed as Assistant Teacher (panchayat), Teacher (panchayat) and Lecturer (panchayat) respectively and they are governed by the separate rules framed under the Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993, therefore, the petitioners are not fulfilling the criteria as laid down in the circular dated 10.03.2017, the bunch of the writ petitions are liable to be dismissed, accordingly, they are dismissed.” 6. Since the facts of the case of petitioners as is identical to the facts of the case in WP(S) No.11009 of 2025 is not disputed, this petition is also dismissed in terms of order passed in WPS No.11009 of 2025 and other connected case decided on 24.11.2025. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Ravi Mandavi