1 CGHC010155502020 2026:CGHC:31690 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2966 of 2020 1 - Ramesh Kumar Sahu S/o Late Shri Bhogi Lal Sahu, Aged About 33 Years R/o Office Of Executive Engineer Rural Engineering Services Division Raigarh, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 2 - Puneshwar Prasad Soni S/o Shri Radha Kumar Soni, Aged About 35 Years R/o Village Kumhari, Post Office Kosir, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department, Mahanadi Mantralaya, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - The Commissioner Development Office, Rural Engineering Services Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - The Chief Engineer, Rural Engineering Service Raipur, Development Commissioner Office Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondents [Cause-title taken from Case Information System (CIS)] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Mr. Ankit Singh, Advocate For Respondents-State : Mr. Pranjal Shukla, Panel Lawyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Single Bench: Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K Agrawal (Order on Board) 24.07.2026 1. Heard. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners would make sole submission that pursuant to the order of this Court dated 02.01.2020, passed in SAIFAN KHAN Digitally signed by SAIFAN KHAN 2 WPS-7294-2019 (Ramesh Kumar Sahu and another vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others), while deciding petitioners’ representation the respondent/competent authority rejected the same on technical grounds and same has not been decided on merits. Hence, it is prayed that appropriate direction in this regard may be passed. 3. Be that as it may, the impugned order dated 16.06.2020 (Annexure-P/01) is hereby quashed and the respondent-competent authority is directed to decided petitioners’ representation afresh strictly on merits in accordance with law and pass a reasoned and speaking order within six week’s from the the date of receipt of copy of this order. 4. With aforesaid observation and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition stands finally disposed of. sd/- (Sanjay K Agrawal) Judge s@if