1 / 7 2026:CGHC:9268 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1970 of 2026 1. Gaind Lal Kosre S/o Late Somnath Kosre Aged About 55 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Swami Atmanand Government English Medium School, Marra, Block- Patan, District- Durg (C.G.) 2. Mrs. Bharti W/o Late Madhu Kumar Aged About 53 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Swami Atmanand Government English Medium School, Dewada, Block- Patan, District- Durg (C.G.) 3. Rajneesh S/o Ratan Lal Tandey Aged About 43 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Matrodih, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 4. Narendra Kumar Deshlahre S/o Hira Lal Deshlahre Aged About 48 Years Presently Working As Head Master At Govt. Primary School, Katro, Block - Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 5. Rupesh Kumar Ghormode S/o Late Shri Chhotelal Ghormode Aged About 51 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Katro, Block Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 6. Sarojani Kosre W/o Gaind Lal Kosre Aged About 51 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Katro, Block - Durg, District - Durg (C.G.) 7. Smt. Bhaneshwari Sahu W/o Dev Kumar Sahu Aged About 43 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 8. Rekhram Kothari S/o Arjun Kothari Aged About 52 Years Presently Working As Head Master At Govt. Primary School, Matrodih, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 9. Lukeshwari Tandan W/o Gaukaran Prasad Tandan Aged About 48 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Bhatapara Risama, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 10.Paras Ram Sahu S/o Itwari Ram Sahu Aged About 55 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) PAWAN KUMAR JHA Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA 2 / 7 11. Pragati Ingle W/o Sunil Ingle Aged About 55 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School, Kataro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 12.Gaukaran Prasad Tandan S/o Late Shri Shyamratan Tandan Aged About 52 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 13.Mrs. Usha Shrirange W/o Yashwant Kumar Shrirange Aged About 58 Years Presently Working As P.T.I. Teacher (L.B.) At Swami Atmanand Government English Medium School, Dewada, Block- Patan, District- Durg (C.G.) 14.Rekha Sahu W/o Roshan Kumar Sahu Aged About 43 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Newai, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 15.Mr. Ramesh Kumar Netam S/o Mr. Savant Ram Aged About 44 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 16.Bharat Lal Verma S/o Late Rikhi Ram Verma Aged About 51 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Aheri, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 17.Santosh Kumar Chandravanshi S/o Bharat Ram Chandravanshi Aged About 56 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Aheri, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 18.Kesheo Ram Patel S/o Late Khem Singh Patel Aged About 56 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Aheri, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 19.Smt. Varsha Verma W/o Shri Bharat Lal Verma Aged About 48 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School (Sages), Hirri, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 20.Smt. Neelam Verma W/o Ashish Kumar Verma Aged About 51 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School (Sages), Hirri, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 21.Smt. Gayatri Deshmukh W/o Shri Hira Lal Deshmukh Aged About 47 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School (Sages), Hirri, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 22.Smt. Khomlata Sahu W/o Mr. Santosh Kumar Sahu Aged About 50 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School (Sages), Hirri, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 23.Harendra Singh Bhuwal S/o Toran Lal Thakur Aged About 53 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Nardha, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G. 3 / 7 24. Ashok Kumar Verma S/o Shri Jayant Verma Aged About 58 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Nardha, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 25.Smt. Abha Singh W/o Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Aged About 50 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Nardha, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 26.Smt. Yadav Kumari Sahu W/o Mr. Ashok Kumar Sahu Aged About 59 Years Presently Working As Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Middle School, Kokadih, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 27.Smt. Sarita Thakur W/o Shri Kiran Singh Thakur Aged About 54 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Dau Kurmi Late Pyarelal Belchandan Govt. Higher Secondary School, Tirga, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 28.Mrs. Mamta Vaishnav W/o Mr. Rajesh Vaishnav Aged About 49 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 29.Archana Tiwari W/o Rajnish Tiwari Aged About 48 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 30.V. Vijaya Lakshmi W/o V.V. Shridhar Aged About 54 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 31.Mrs. Seema Baghel W/o Mr. Khileswar Singh Baghel Aged About 47 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 32.Sarla Tiwari D/o Radha Krishna Tiwari Aged About 39 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 33.Smita Verma W/o Santosh Kumar Verma Aged About 49 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 34.Mrs. Ranjana Noel Nand W/o Mr. Rajesh Noel Nand Aged About 56 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 35.Smt. Minakshi Agrawal W/o Mr. Onkar Sing Aged About 47 Years Presently Working As Lecturer (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary School, Katro, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 36.Deepak Kumar Dubey S/o Ramkumar Dubey Aged About 39 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Subhashnagar Khursipar, Block- Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 4 / 7 37. Smt. Saroj Khutel W/o Shree Rajesh Khutel Aged About 51 Years Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Kherdhi, Block- Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) ... Petitioners versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretaray, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2. The Secretary Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 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 Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 6. Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 7. Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 8. Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Patan, District- Durg (C.G.) 9. Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) 10.Block Education Officer Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 11. Block Education Officer Patan, District- Durg (C.G.) 12.Block Education Officer Dhamdha, District- Durg (C.G.) ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Rupendra Dewangan, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Gary Mukhopadhyay, Addl. A.G. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 23/02/2026 1. Petitioners have filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs. “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records in relates to the case of the petitioners from the possession of respondents for its kind perusal. 10.2 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to pass an order holding that the petitioners are entitled for grant of benefits of 1" and 2nd Kramonnati Vetanaman on 5 / 7 completion of 10 years of services as the case may be 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 Chhhattisgarh and others passed in Writ Appeal No. 261/2023 on 28.02.2024 (ΑΝΝEXURE-P/3) and also in view of the circular/order dated 10.03.2017 (ANNEXURE- P/2) issued by the State Government of Chhattisgarh. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly further be pleased to direct the respondents to give all the consequential benefits to the petitioners including the arrears of pay with interest @ 18% per annum from the date of the completion of 10 years of services till the actual payment of Kramonnati Vetanman within a stipulated period of 30 days. 10.4 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly further be pleased to pass an order holding that order passed in the case of Smt. Sona Sahu Vs. State of Chhhattisgarh and others passed in Writ Appeal No. 261/2023 on 28.02.2024 (ANNEXURE-P/3) is squarely covered in the case of petitioners also and may be disposed of with the similar line granting the similar reliefs to the petitioners also. 10.5 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to held that the action on the part of the respondents by denying the benefits of Kramonnati Vetanman to the similar situated persons by distinguishing from the case of the Sona Sahu (supra) is arbitrary and discriminatory and viloative of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and also against the mandate of the Hon'ble Supreme Court passed in case of Amrit Lal Berry v. Collector of Central Excise, New Delhi (1975) 4 SCC 714 and Lt. Col. Suprita Chandel Versus Union of India and Others 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3664. 10.6 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.” 6 / 7 2. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioner is entitled for Kramonnati Vetanman in terms of decision in case of Sona Sahu Vs. State of Chhattisgarh, passed 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 (supra). Petitioners were earlier employee of Panchayat Department and thereafter, they were absorbed in School 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 were 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. Learned counsel for petitioners, upon asking, does not dispute the submission of learned State counsel with respect to their initial appointment under 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 7 / 7 petitions are liable to be dismissed, accordingly, they are dismissed.” 6. Since the facts of the case of petitioners as are 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) pwn JUDGE