1 2026:CGHC:10411 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9916 of 2025 Smt Neelam Kispotta W/o Shri Sudhir Kispotta Aged About 45 Years At Present Working As Lecturer (L B) S A G E S Binjhra Block Podi Uproda, District Korba C.G. ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Mantralaya New Raipur, District Raipur C.G. 2 - Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Korba District Korba C.G. 3 - Block Education Officer Block Podi Uproda District Korba C.G. 4 - Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Podi Uproda District Korba C.G. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. G.P. Mathur, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vivek Verma, G.A. (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE PARTH PRATEEM SAHU) Order on Board 27/02/2026 Heard. 1. Learned counsel for the parties would submit that the issue raised 2 in this petition is squarely covered by order dated 28.11.2017 passed by this Court in WPS No.2530 of 2017 (Mukesh Kumar Patel and another Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and another) and batch of petitions wherein the circular dated 23.04.2016 has been quashed, petitions allowed and it has been declared that the petitioners therein shall be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by them on a lower post or on the same post. 2. In view of the aforesaid submission and the impugned order and action is based on circular dated 23.04.2016 which has been quashed in the case referred to herein above, respondents are directed to examine the case of petitioner and upon finding that the case of petitioner is identical to the case of Mukesh Kumar Patel (supra) then petitioner shall also be entitled to obtain the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years service by including the services rendered by him on a lower post or on the same post. 3. No order as to costs. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) JUDGE Saurabh