1 2026:CGHC:21829 NAFR NATIONAL LOK ADALAT Dated - 9 th May, 2026 CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT CAMPUS-BILASPUR WPS No. 2236 of 2020 1 - Khoman Lal Sahu S/o Santram Sahu, Aged About 29 Years Guest Faculty Sociology In A.P.S.G.M.N.S. Government P.G. College, Kawardha, District Kabirdham (Chhattisgarh) R/o Village Saloni, Post Upawah, P.S. Ghumka, Tehsil And District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh 491995, District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh 2 - Payal Goswami D/o Late Shri Munindra, Aged About 30 Years Occupation Guest Faculty Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Govt. College Distt. Bemetara Chhattisgarh. R/o City Kotwali Ke Samne Bazar Chowk Ward No. 4 Bemetara District Bemetara Chhattisgarh, District : Bemetara, Chhattisgarh 3 - Laxmi Narayan Gupta S/o Shri Manharan Lal, Aged About 27 Years Occupation Guest Faculty Commerce Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru P.G. College District Bemetara Chhattisgarh. R/o Ward No. 6 Shankar Nagar Simga District Balodabazar Chhattisgarh, District : Balodabazar- Bhathapara, Chhattisgarh --- Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Mantralaya, Indiravati Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh VED PRAKASH DEWANGAN Digitally signed by VED PRAKASH DEWANGAN Date: 2026.05.12 12:23:31 +0530 2 2 - Commissioner, Higher Education, Block C-3, 2nd And 3rd Floor, Indiravati Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - Principal, A.P.S.G.M.N.S. Government P.G. College, Kawardha, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh, District : Kawardha (Kabirdham), Chhattisgarh 4 - Principal, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Govt. College District Bemetara Chhattisgarh, District : Bemetara, Chhattisgarh ... Respondents (Cause title taken from Case Information System) Petitioners : Mr. Khoman Lal Sahu, Ms. Payal Goswami and Mr. Laxmi Narayan Gupta (through virtual mode) For Respondents/State : Mr. Dharmesh Shrivastava, Deputy A.G. along with Dr. Goverdhan Yadu, Assistant Director, Department of Higher Education ORDER (PASSED ON 09.05.2026) 1. The petitioners, namely Khoman Lal Sahu, Ms. Payal Goswami and Mr. Laxmi Narayan Gupta, appeared through virtual mode. 2. Mr. Dharmesh Shrivastava, learned Deputy Advocate General, appeared for the respondents/State along with Dr. Goverdhan Yadu, Assistant Director, Department of Higher Education, Indravati Bhawan, Nava Raipur. 3. The present writ petition has been filed seeking payment of salary for the lock-down period and also seeking regularization on the post of Guest Lecturer. The petitioners, appearing through virtual mode, 3 submit that the present writ petition is pending since the year 2020 and they are still continuing in service as Guest Lecturers. They further submit that, at present, they do not want to press the present writ petition. 4. In view of the submission made by the petitioners, the present writ petition is disposed of as not pressed. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge -Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Sd/- (Vaibhav Shukla) Member- Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur ved