1 2026:CGHC:9462 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1988 of 2026 1 - Bhumitra Kumar Dubey S/o Sewaram Dubey Aged About 42 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Gotatola, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 2 - Janki Hidame W/o Tilak Ram Hidame Aged About 45 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Korramtola, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 3 - Sarita Suryawanshi W/o Manoj Kumar Suryawanshi Aged About 43 Years Working As Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Middle School Korramtola, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 4 - Alka Hirwani D/o Chandramohan Hirwani Aged About 40 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School Mohala, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 5 - Manju Sahu W/o Shashikanth Sahu Aged About 42 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Rengakathera, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 6 - Madhulika Singh Bharatdwaj W/o Fanindra Singh Bharatdwaj Aged About 44 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Dumartola, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 7 - Lalita Dewangan W/o Akhilesh Dewangan Aged About 40 Years Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Dumartola, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 8 - Moshan Lal Badhai S/o Jagnuram Aged About 53 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Gotatola, Block- Mohala District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 2 9 - Avanesh Singh Rajpoot S/o Harnam Singh Rajpoot Aged About 46 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Mahud Machandur, Block A Chowki, District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) 10 - Hirday Ram Hirwani S/o Tukaram Hirwani Aged About 53 Years Working As Lecturer (L.B.) And Posted At Govt. Higher Secondary School Aatra, Block A. Chowki, District- Mohala-Manpur-A.Chowki (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Director Panchayat And Rural Development Department, Indravati Bhawan, Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - District Education Officer Mohala-Manpur-A. Chowki, District- Mohala- Manpur-A. Chowki (C.G.) 4 - Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Rajnandgaon, District- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 5 - Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat Mohala-Manpur-A. Chowki, District- Mohala-Manpur-A. Chowki (C.G.) 6 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat Mohala, District- Mohala- Manpur-A. Chowki (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Khulesh Sahu, P.L. (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE PARTH PRATEEM SAHU) Order on Board 24/02/2026 1. Grievance of petitioners in this writ petition is of withholding benefit of revised pay- scale, time bound pay-scale and to grant arrears of benefit till 01.07.2018 before absorption in the Education Department. 2. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that aforementioned benefit has 3 been withheld only on the ground that petitioners are not having B.Ed or D.Ed degree/diploma. Identical issue has been considered and decided by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in WPS No.4271 of 2017 (Jayant Kumar Patle vs State of Chhattisgarh) and batch of writ petitions, where direction was issued to the respondent-authority to take decision based on directions issued by the High Court. 3. Learned State Counsel submits that in view of above submission of counsel for the petitioner as also order passed by the High Court in WPS No.427/2017, case of petitioner can also be considered in light of the decision of Jayant Kumar Patel (supra). 4. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. 5. Considering above facts of the case, submissions of counsel for the respective parties, writ petition is disposed of directing respondents to take proper decision on claim of petitioners in the light of order passed by the High Court in case of Jayant Kumar Patle (supra) expeditiously, preferably within ‘eight weeks’ from the date receipt of copy of this order. CC as per rules. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) JUDGE Saurabh