1 / 2 2026:CGHC:1576 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 200 of 2026 • Smt. Santwana Sharma W/o Dharmesh Sharma Aged About 56 Years Posted As Teacher (Arts), At Government Middle School Gondhpara, Block- Bilha, District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2. Director Directorate Of Public Instructions (DPI) Through Its Director, Indravati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3. Collector District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 4. Joint Director School Education Division, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 5. District Education Officer District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 6. Block Education Officer Block- Bilha, District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Sibashish Mishra, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Santosh Bharat, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 12/01/2026 1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs. “10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash and set aside the impugned transfer order dated 04.06.2025 (Annexure P-1) issued by District Education Officer, Bilaspur. 10.2 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other writ/ writs, order/ orders, relief/ reliefs in favour of the petitioners, which the Hon’ble Court deemed fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case.” PAWAN KUMAR JHA Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA 2 / 2 2. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner was posted as Teacher (Vigyan) at Govt. Middle School Gondpara, Block Bilha, however, in the rationalization scheme/ policy of the State Government, petitioner was transferred to Govt. Middle School Sewaar Block Bilha. He contended that petitioner has submitted representation, Annexure P-5, before Resp. No. 6/ Block Education Officer, however, it is not decided till date. 3. Learned State counsel submits that under the rationalization policy of the State Government, petitioner has been transferred by Respondent no. 5/ District Education Officer. Petitioner is having remedy to submit representation before the Divisional Level Committee constituted under the rationalization policy, however, petitioner has not submitted any such representation. 4. At this stage, learned counsel for petitioner submits that he may be permitted to submit a representation before the Divisional Level Committee. 5. In view of submission made by learned counsel for the parties, without entering into merits of claim of petitioner, writ petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to submit representation before Divisional Level Committed constituted under the rationalization policy of the State Government and in the event petitioner submits such a representation before the committee, the concerned committee shall take decision on the representation to be submitted by petitioner in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a further period of 04 weeks from the date of receipt of representation. 6. Accordingly, this writ petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) pwn JUDGE