1 CGHC010205412026 2026:CGHC:29562 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5160 of 2026 1 - Chiteshwari Lambodari D/o Santosh Lambodari, Aged About 31 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Council Kondagaon, R/o Bazar Para Kondagaon, District Kondagaon (C.G.) 2 - Ganeshu Sindere, S/o Lalchand Sindere, Aged About 39 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Council Mahasamund, R/o Sweeper Coloney Ward No 25 Mahasamund, District Mahasamund (C.G.) 3 - Hemlata Yadav, D/o Shiv Kumar Yadav, Aged About 59 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Corporation Dhamtari, R/o Banspara Dhamtari, District Dhamtari (C.G.) 4 - Lalita Sahu, W/o Nilesh Kumar Kahu, Aged About 38 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Corporation Bhilai, R/o Camp-1 Teen Darshan Mandir Near Mah, District Durg (C.G.) 5 - Mrs. Kuldeep Kour, W/o Late Jashwant Singh, Aged About 54 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Corporation Jagdalpur, R/o Madan Mohan Malviya Ward, Bihaind R.D. Chopra Sow Mill, Jagdalpur, District Bastar (C.G.) SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2026.07.14 17:24:23 +0530 2 6 - Roopray Suryavanshi, S/o Bhagwat Suryavanshi, Aged About 48 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Council Kanker, R/o Amoda Korampara Narharpur, District Kanker (C.G.) 7 - Sharad Mishra, S/o Gopal Mishra, Aged About 25 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Council Kawardha, R/o Kawardha, District Kabirdham (C.G.) 8 - Vinod Chouhan, S/o Mangal Singh Chouhan, Aged About 29 Years Posted As Peon At Municipal Corporation Raigarh, R/o Sonu Muda, Kali Mandir, Amlibhauna, Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department Of Urban Administration, Government Of Chhattisgarh, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bahwan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Union Of India Through The Ministry Of Housing And Urban Affairs, Government Of India, Sankalp Bhawan, New Delhi, District New Delhi. 3 - Chief Executive Officer, State Urban Development Agency, Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Mission), D A Y - N U L M, State Urban Development Agency (S U D A), D Block, 4th Floor, Indrawati 3 Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur (C.G.) 5 - Director, Call Me Services, C-101/5, 1st Floor Tagore Nagar, Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 6 - Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Bhilai, District Durg (C.G.) 7 - Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) 8 - Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Jagdalpur, District Bastar (C.G.) 9 - Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Dhamtari, District Dhamtari (C.G.) 10 - Chief Municipal Officer, Municipal Council Kondagaon, District - Kondagaon (C.G.) 11 - Chief Municipal Officer, Municipal Council Mahasamund, District - Mahasamund (C.G.) 12 - Chief Municipal Officer, Municipal Council Kanker, District - Kanker (C.G.) 13 - Chief Municipal Officer, Municipal Council Kawardha, District - Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) 4 (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioners Mr. Aniruddha Shrivastava, Advocate For Union of India Shri T.S. Sahu, Central Govt. Counsel For Respondents/ State Shri Vivek Verma, Govt. Advocate For Respective Respondents Shri Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani, Advocate, Ms. Swati Agrawal, Advocate appears on behalf of Shri Pankaj Agrawal, Advocate, Ms. Shruti Pramar, Advocate appears on behalf of Shri A.S. Kachhawaha, Advocate, Shri Pranjal Agrawal, Advocate and Dr. Sudeep Agrawal, Advocate HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU Order on Board 14.07.2026 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioners are seeking for the following reliefs :- “(i) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, preferably in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to quash and set aside the impugned order dated 07/04/2026 (Annexure P/2) whereby the services of the petitioners have been discontinued; (ii) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to continue the services of the 5 petitioners on the post of City Mission Manager (or equivalent post) with all consequential benefits; (iii) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to release and pay the pending salary/remuneration of the petitioners from October 2025 till date, along with applicable interest as deemed fit by this Hon'ble Court; (iv) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to not to replace the petitioners by another set of contractual/outsourced employees, thereby protecting the petitioners from arbitrary displacement; (v) That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents to forthwith clarify and determine the service status of the Petitioners and to pass a reasoned and speaking order regarding their continuation in service, in accordance with law, in the interest of justice. (vi) Grant any other relief(s), including costs of the petition, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.” 2. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioners were engaged by respondent department for last about ten years and since then they are continuously working, however, petitioners have not been paid their salary from the year 6 October 2025 to April 2026. Petitioners have made earlier request, however, the requests have not been given any heed by the respondent authority and representation submitted by petitioners in this regard have also not been accepted. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that this petition may be disposed of with a direction to the respondent authorities to consider and decide the representations of the petitioners, in accordance with law within the stipulated time. 4. On due consideration of submission made by learned counsel for the respective parties, and in particular the grievances raised by petitioners in this writ petition that petitioners are not being paid the salary since October 2025, I find it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition at this stage, permitting petitioners to submit fresh comprehensive representation before respondent no. 2 and 3 and in the event petitioners submits such representation, respondent no. 2 and 3 shall consider and take decision on the representation to be submitted by petitioners on its own merits, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a further period of 06 weeks from the date of receipt of the representation. 7 5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, this writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE Shoaib