1 / 3 2026:CGHC:10178 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2099 of 2026 1 - Ram Bihari S/o Indar Aged About 65 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Madanpur, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 2 - Smt. Rajpati Patel W/o Mudrika Patel Aged About 68 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Sondhiha Post Bartikala, District- Surajpur (C.G.) 3 - Umakant S/o Ramlakhan Aged About 68 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Dhondha, Post Dhondha District- Surajpur (C.G.) 4 - Ayodhya Prasad S/o Late Parasram Aged About 67 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Pokhra, Post Wadrafnagar, District- Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) 5 - Ramcharan S/o Jabarsay Aged About 65 Years Retired Labour R/o Ward No. 8 Rajkheta Wadrafnagar District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - Mansay S/o Budhai Aged About 66 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Dhondha, Post Dhondha District- Surajpur (C.G.) 7 - Bhuneshwar S/o Bechan Manikpuri, Aged About 64 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Parasdiha, Bartikala District- Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 8 - Bhoolsay S/o Manbodh Aged About 67 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Dhondha, Post Dhondha District- Surajpur (C.G.) ... Petitioners ALFIZA BAIG Digitally signed by ALFIZA BAIG Date: 2026.02.28 11:56:32 +0530 2 / 3 versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nava Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Enginner Public Works Department, Surguja Circle Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) 3 - Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department, Circle Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Bha/ Sadak Division Ramanujganj, District- Surguja (C.G.) 5 - Divisional Joint Director Pension And Lok Lekha Department Surguja District- Surguja (C.G.) ... Respondents For Petitioners : Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For State : Mrs. Apoorva Nigam, Panel Lawyer S.B.: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 27.02.2026 1. Petitioners havw filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue the direction for the respondent authorities to grant the benefit of first-time pay increments and gratuity as per rule. 10.2 That this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue the direction for the respondents’ authorities to grant interest on delay payment of benefit of time scale pay and gratuity.” 2. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner was not extended the benefit of first time pay scale as also the gratuity against which petitioner has submitted representation before respondent no. 3 to 5 3 / 3 which till date is pending consideration and, therefore, direction be issued to concerned authorities to consider and take decision on pending representation submitted by petitioner at the earliest within a specified time frame. 3. Learned counsel for respondent -State submits do not dispute the submission made by learned counsel for petitioner. 4. I have heard learned counsel for respective parties. 5. On due consideration of submission made by learned counsel for respective parties, this writ petition at this stage is disposed of directing respondent no. 3 to consider and take decision on pending representation, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a further period of 04 months from the date of receipt of the Order. 6. With the aforementioned direction, this writ petition stands disposed of. Certified copy as per rules. sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) alfiza Judge