1 CGHC010205862020 2026:CGHC:36264 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4198 of 2020 1 - Jitendra Kumar, S/o. Paltan Ram, Aged About 35 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Tilai Block Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Medha, Tahsil Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 2 – Bishram, S/o. Krishna, Aged About 45 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Pinkapar Block Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Pinkapar, Tahsil Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 3 - Rakesh Verma, S/o. Jai Ram, Aged About 34 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Urai Dabri Block Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Urai Dabri, 1 Rajnandgaon District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 4 - Shohan Lal, S/o. Ganaram, Aged About 34 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Tatekasa Block Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Tatekasa, Tahsil & District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 5 - Ashok Kumar, S/o. Motilal, Aged About 34 Years, Posted At Prerak, ASHOK SAHU Digitally signed by ASHOK SAHU Date: 2026.08.14 17:09:49 +0530 2 At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Kaneri Block Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Karutola, Tahsil Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 6 - Gowardhan Lal, S/o. Jailu Ram, Aged About 44 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Bagre Kasa, Block Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Bagre Kasa, Tahsil Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 7 - Khilawan Ram Sahu, S/o. Pardeshiram, Aged About 49 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Motipur, Block Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Govindpur, Tahsil Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 8 - Netan Ram Verma, S/o. Dhanush Ram, Aged About 38 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Patpar Block Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Patpar, Tahsil Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 9 - Human Lal Verma, S/o. Chaitu Prasad, Aged About 43 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Jhanda Talav Block Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Jhanda Talav, Tahsil Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 10 - Ramsay Mandavi, S/o. Ranjit, Aged About 36 Years, Posted At Prerak, At Lok Shikshan Kendra, Bhagwan Tola Block Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) R/o- Village Bhagwan Tola, Tahsil Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) ... Petitioners versus 3 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh, Through The Secretary, School Education Development, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 2 – Collector, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 3 - District Education Officer, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 4- District Project Officer, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 5- Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 6 - Block Education Officer, Block Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) ... Respondents For Petitioner : Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Ishan Verma, Advocate For State-Respondents : Mr. Sharad Mishra, Panel Lawyer (Single Bench) Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order on Board 14.08.2026 1. Learned counsel appearing for the parties would submit that the issue involved in this petition is squarely covered by the decision rendered by this Court in WPS No. 2995 of 2017 (Heera Paikra v. 4 State of Chhattisgarh & Others) and other connected matters, which was decided on 28.02.2026; therefore, the present petition may also be disposed of in terms of para 10 of the said order. 2. This Court, while deciding WPS No.2995 of 2017 and other connected matters vide order dated 28.02.2026 held in paragraph 10 as under: “10. In view of the foregoing, and as submitted by the learned counsel for the respective parties, this Court is inclined to dispose of these writ petitions with liberty granted to the petitioners to make representation to respondents No. 2 and 5/ Competent Authority within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. Upon receipt of such representation, respondents No. 2 and 5/ the Competent authority is directed to take a decision within a period of 120 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order. It is further observed that the representation shall be decided objectively, taking into account the previous experience and skill of the respective petitioners, their suitability for the current program, and the legal principles laid down by the Supreme Court in the judgment cited above.” 3. In that view of the matter, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of para 10 of the order dated 28.02.2026 passed in WPS No. 2995 of 2017 (Heera Paikra v. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) and other connected matters. Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Ashok Judge