1 2026:CGHC:2541 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 775 of 2025 1 - Dev Narayan Sahu S/o Late Ishwar Prasad Sahu Aged About 67 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Water Resources Department Raigarh Division, District Raigarh C.G. R/o Ward No. 12 Fuljhariya Dharamgali, Sarangarh District Raigarh, C.G. 2 - Shri Shriram Patel S/o Late Anant Ram Aged About 72 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Water Resorces Department Raigarh Division, District Raigarh C.G. R/o Village - Darri, Bhupdevpur Tahsil Kharsiya District Raigarh, C.G. 3 - Jagdish Prasad Tiwari S/o Late Hem Lal Tiwari Aged About 74 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Water Resorces Department Raigarh Division, District Raigarh C.G. R/o - Village Kauwatal Post Hardi District Raigarh, C.G. 4 - Mangtu Ram Swarnkar S/o Late Paras Ram Aged About 67 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Water Resorces Department Raigarh Division, District Raigarh C.G. R/o- Bidpara, Ward No. 13, Sukmat Gali Sarangarh District Raigarh, C.G. 5 - Ganpat Lal Yadav S/o Late Lala Ram Yadav Aged About 72 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Water Resources Department Raigarh Division, District Raigarh C.G. R/o- Village- Badai, Post- Kuwari, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Raigarh, C.G. 6 - Rasik Kishore Dansena S/o Late Ram Lal Dansena Aged About 77 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Water Resorces Department Raigarh Division, District Raigarh C.G. R/o- Village Amoda Post- Lendhra Tahsil Baramkela District Raigarh, C.G. 7 - Basant Kumar Gautam S/o Late Shivrah Singh Goutam Aged About 66 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Water Resorces Department Raigarh Division, District Raigarh C.G. R/o- Village Jhanakpur, Post And Tahsil Baramkela District Raigarh, C.G. 8 - Rajesh Kumar Verma S/o Late Uma Kishore Verma Aged About 66 Years Retired Stahl Sahayak Posted At Office Of Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Bilaspur Water Resources Department District Bilaspur, C.G., R/o Jabdapara Near Hanuman Mandir, P.S. Sarkanda District Bilaspur, C.G. 9 - Prem Lal Nayak S/o Late Madhav Ram Nayak Aged About 66 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Jal Sansadhan Sub Division Raigarh Water Resources Department District Raigarh, C.G. R/o BALRAM PRASAD DEWANGAN Digitally signed by BALRAM PRASAD DEWANGAN 2 Village Nawapara Post- Madwa Tahsil Dabhra District Sakti, C.G. 10 - Lukeshwar Patel S/o Padum Lal Patel Aged About 64 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Raigarh Water Resorces Department District Raigarh C.G. R/o- Village And Post - Jatari Tahsil Pussore, District Raigarh, C.G. 11 - Kirtan Prasad Dansena S/o Sahas Ram Dansena Aged About 66 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of Mand Shirsh Work Sub Division Kharsiya Water Resorces Department District Raigarh C.G. R/o- Village Basanjhar Tahsil Kharsiya, District Raigarh, C.G. 12 - Prem Lal Dansena S/o Tejram Dansena Aged About 64 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Mand Shirsh Work Sub Division Kharsiya Water Resorces Department District Raigarh C.G. R/o- Village Bhanta Tahsil Malkharouda, District Sakti, C.G. --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District- Raipur, C.G. 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Finance Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District- Raipur, C.G. 3 - State Of Chhattisarh Through Secretary, General Administration Department Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District- Raipur, C.G. 4 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department, Sihawa Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District- Raipur, C.G. 5 - Cheif Engineer Department Of Water Resources Hasdeo Kachhar Bilaspur District- Bilaspur, C.G. 6 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Raigarh Water Resources Department District Raigarh, C.G. 7 - Executive Engineer Kharang Division Water Resources Department District Bilaspur, C.G. 8 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division, District Bilaspur, C.G. --- Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. F.S. Khare, Advocate For Respondents : Ms. Akanksha Verma Dabhadekar, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem Sahu 3 Order On Board 15/01/2026 1. The petitioners have filled this petition seeking the following reliefs:- “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 petitioner from him initial date of appointment. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble court may kindly be call for the records for its kind perusal which relates to petitioner's matter. 10.4 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 4 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 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 off. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Balram