1 2026:CGHC:27129 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4989 of 2026 1 - Dolkumar Jaiswal S/o Siyaram Jaiswal Aged About 63 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Janjgir Shakha Nahar Sub Division No. 03 Birra Water Resources Department District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh R/o Ward No. 01 Kanvlajhar Tahsil And District Sakti Chhattisgarh 2 - Shishupal Nath Tiwari S/o Sanat Kumar Tiwari Aged About 63 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Janjgir Shakha Nahar Sub Division No. 03 Birra Water Resources Department District Janjgir Champa R/o Village Gangajal Post Misda District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 3 - Lakhan Lal Chandra S/o Kariyaram Chandra Aged About 64 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Janjgir Shakha Nahar Sub Division No. 03 Birra Water Resources Department District Janjgir Champa R/o Village And Post Kirit Tahsil Nawagarh District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 4 - Bihari Lal Nawik S/o Bodhram Nawik Aged About 63 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Janjgir Jal Sanshadhan Survekshan Evam Barrage Nirman Sub Division No. 08 Khisora Water Resources Department District Janjgir Champa R/o Village Lakhram Tahsil Beltara District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 5 - Pramod Kumar Yadav S/o Bhagwat Prasad Yadav Aged About 63 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Hasdeo Bayi AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2026.07.03 10:40:28 +0530 2 Tat Nahar Jal Prabandh Sub Division No. 07 Nariyara Water Resources Department District Janjgir Champa R/o Village And Post Masturi Ward No. 17 Tahsil Masturi District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 6 - Arun Kumar Trivedi S/o Onkar Prasad Trivedi Aged About 66 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Jal Sanshadhan Survekshan Evam Barrage Nirman Sub Division No. 07 Khisora Water Resources Department District Janjgir Champa R/o Ward No. 11 Indira Ward Baradwar Tahsil And District Sakti Chhattisgarh 7 - Parasram Shriwas S/o Firturam Shriwas Aged About 64 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Jal Sanshadhan Survekshan Evam Barrage Nirman Sub Division No. 06 Champa Water Resources Department District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh R/o Village Barpali Tahsil Barpali District Korba Chhattisgarh 8 - Jens Singh Rajput S/o Late Jhool Singh Rajput Aged About 65 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Minimata Bango Nahar Sub Division No. 17 Bilaspur Water Resources Department District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh R/o Nutan Irrigation Colony Sarkanda Tahsil And Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 9 - Pramod Gurudwan S/o Gouri Shankar Gurudwan Aged About 66 Years Retired (Voluntary) Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Korba Water Resources Department District Korba Chhattisgarh R/o Village Barpali Tahsil Kartala District Korba Chhattisgarh 10 - Kanhaiya Lal Pandey S/o Raghunandan Prasad Pandey Aged About 65 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Korba Water Resources Department District Korba Chhattisgarh R/o Village And Post Barpali Tahsil Kartala District Korba Chhattisgarh 3 11 - Vijay Kumar Parashar S/o Kapilnath Parashar Aged About 65 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Korba Water Resources Department District Korba Chhattisgarh R/o Village Salihabhatha Post Barpali Tahsil Kartala District Korba Chhattisgarh 12 - Pitambar Kumar Mishra S/o Shri Ram Hari Mishra Aged About 71 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Raigarh Water Resources Department District Raigarh Chhattisgarh R/o Sonarpara Ward No. 09 Choubey Gali Raigarh Tahsil And District Raigarh Chhattisgarh 13 - Premanand Panth S/o Late Sitaram Panth Aged About 77 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Raigarh Water Resources Department District Raigarh Chhattisgarh R/o Ward No. 07 Madhubanpara Raigarh Tahsil And District Raigarh Chhattisgarh ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Finance Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, General Administration Department Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department, Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - Chief Engineer Department Of Water Resources Hasdeo Kachhar Bilaspur District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 6 - Executive Engineer Hasdev Nahar Jal Prabandh Division Janjgir Water Resources Department District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 7 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Survekshan Evam Barrage Nirman Division No. 02 Champa Water Resources Department District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 8 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Korba Water Resources Department District Korba Chhattisgarh 9 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Raigarh Water Resouves Department District Raigarh Chhattisgarh 10 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Petitioners : Mr. F.S. Khare, Advocate. For Respondents/State : Ms. Anuja Sharma, Dy.G.A. Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 02/07/2026 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for following relief:- “10.1 That this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to allow the writ petition and be pleased to direct the respondents to remove the anomaly accord in the service of petitioners. 10.2 That, the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondents to grant pay scale published in the Gazette dated 14.10.1982 and also direct to pay the arrears to the petitioners from their initial date of appointment. 10.3 That, if the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper be pleased to dispose of this writ petition 5 granting same relief of making fresh representation to the competent authority, which is granted in W.P.S. No. 4115/2026 disposed of on 13.05.2026 (P/11). 10.4 That, this Hon'ble court may kindly be call for the records for its kind perusal which relates to petitioner's matter. 10.5 Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favour of the petitioners.” 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that in similarly situated facts and the question of law, a batch of the writ petition, the leading case of which was Writ Petition (S) No. 2904 of 2005 [Dwarikadas Vaishnav & another Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh) and others] has been considered and decided by the Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 05.12.2012, in which, the petitioners, in those cases, have been granted liberty to file a fresh representation before competent authority, therefore, this petition may also be disposed of in light of that order directing the respondents- Competent Authority to consider the case of the petitioners for revision of his pay scale in accordance with the Notification dated 14.10.1992 (which was modified subsequently as 14.10.1982) issued by State of Madhya Pradesh, as the petitioners were earlier working as daily wage employee and subsequently, their services were regularized. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the State/respondents would submit that earlier the respondent/State had already 6 considered the issue of the petitioners in the light of the judgment passed by State Administrative Tribunal, Gwalior Bench in Laxmi Narayan Upadhyay v. State of M.P., however, he submits that if the petitioners file a fresh representation, the State will consider their case in light of the notification as mentioned herein above 4. In view of the above submissions made by the parties, this petition is disposed of. If the petitioners file a fresh representation before the competent authority, the same shall be considered and decided by the competent authority in light of the aforesaid notification expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a certified copy of this order. 5. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of. SD/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Amardeep