1 CGHC010268812026 2026:CGHC:30913 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5490 of 2026 1. Gajendra Tiwari S/o Khushiyali Prasad Tiwari Aged About 41 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -11 Naya Raipur Division Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 2. Dipesh Kumar Sahu S/o Basant Lal Sahu Aged About 43 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -10 Naya Raipur Division Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 3. Ritu Sonkar W/o Arvind Sonkar Aged About 41 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -06 Division 2, Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 4. Ajay Kaushik S/o Achhe Kumar Kaushik Aged About 38 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Joint Commissioner State Tax, B I U Division 2 Raipur , Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 5. Deepa Udhwani W/o Jayesh Udhwani Aged About 39 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -05 Naya Raipur Division 1, Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 6. Dipti Markam D/o Late N.S. Markam Aged About 37 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -04 Division1, Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 7. Suresh Kumar Gupta S/o Gita Sharan Gupta Aged About 46 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -01 Division1, Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 8. Nandanee Sahu W/o Rohan Tarun Sahu Aged About 38 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -07 Division 2, Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2026.07.22 10:54:11 +0530 2 9. Prabhat Chandra Tiwari S/o Ramchandra Lal Tiwari Aged About 46 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax,janjgir Champa Circle Division Bilaspur Dist- Bilaspur (C.G.) 10. Ramesh Kumar Dhritlahare S/o Madhusudan Dhritlahare Aged About 35 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -03 Division1 Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 11. Uderam Dhruw S/o Jeevan Lal Dhruw Aged About 39 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Mahasamund Circle Division Dist- Mahasamund (C.G.) 12. Hitesh Kumar Dubey S/o Ramesh Prasad Dubey Aged About 37 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax,raigarh Circle -2 Division Raigarh Dist- Raigarh (C.G.) 13. Amar Singh Kanwar S/o Jethu Singh Kanwar Aged About 48 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Korba Circle -02 Division Raigarh Dist- Raigarh (C.G.) 14. Manish Chelak S/o Mungelal Chelak Aged About 41 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle -01 Division 1 Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 15. Deepak Kumar Turyakar S/o M.R. Turyakar Aged About 44 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, -Head Office Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 16. Chandrakant Thakur S/o B.R. Thakur Aged About 41 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle Sakti Dist- Sakti (C.G.) 17. Tamradhwaj Sahu S/o N.K. Sahu Aged About 35 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Joint Commissioner State Tax, Drug Division Dist- Durg (C.G.) 18. Omprakash Sahu S/o Dhananjay Sahu Aged About 36 Years Working At State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax Khairagarh- Durg Division Dist- Durg (C.G.) 19. Gyatri Sinha W/o Girdhari Lal Sinha Aged About 39 Years Working As State Tax Inspector At The Office Of Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Circle Balod Dist- Balod (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) 3 versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary Department Of Commercial Tax, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) 2. Commissioner State Tax Commercial Tax Department G.S,t. Bhawan North Block- Section 19 Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur Dist- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. N. Naha Roy, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Mr. Vivek Verma, G.A. Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 21/07/2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were appointed as State Tax Inspectors vide order dated 01.07.2022 pursuant to the recruitment process conducted by the respondents in the year 2022. It is submitted that under the applicable service conditions, the petitioners were placed on probation for a period of two years. Having successfully completed the prescribed period of probation and also having passed the departmental examination conducted in terms of the applicable rules, the petitioners have become eligible for confirmation and consideration for further promotional benefits. However, despite fulfillment of all the requisite conditions prescribed under the Chhattisgarh Commercial Tax Class-III (Executive) Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 2022 (for short, "the Rules of 2022") read with the Chhattisgarh Civil 4 Services (General Conditions of Service) Rules, 1961 (for short, "the Rules of 1961"), the respondents have not taken any decision regarding confirmation of the petitioners. It is, therefore, prayed that an appropriate direction be issued to the respondents to consider the petitioners' claim in accordance with law. 2. Learned State counsel submits that if the petitioners submit a fresh representation before the Secretary, Department of Commercial Tax (respondent No. 1), raising their grievance, the same shall be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of 2022 read with the Rules of 1961. 3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 4. Considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties, particularly the statement made by learned State counsel, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the petitioners' claim, the present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to submit a fresh representation before respondent No. 1 within a period of 20 days from today. In the event such representation is submitted within the aforesaid period, respondent No. 1 shall consider and decide the same by passing a reasoned and speaking order, strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of 2022 read with the Rules of 1961, within a further period of 50 days from the date of receipt of the representation. 5 5. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the petitioners' claim, and the competent authority shall take an independent decision in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) JUDGE Jyoti