1 CGHC010342252026 2026:CGHC:39026 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6482 of 2026 Kanhaiya Lal Verma S/o Late Ghana Nath Verma Aged About 72 Years Retried Sthal Sahayak / Time Keeper Posted At Office Of S.D. O. Gramin Yantriki Sewa (R E S) Sub Division Basna District- Mahasamund (C.G.) R/o Village And Post Hardi Tahsil Sarangarh District- Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Panchayat And Rural Development Department Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2. Engineer In Chief Rural Engineering Ayukat Karyalay Vikas Bhawan Sector 19 Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar District- Raipur (C.G.) 3. Superintending Engineer Rural Engineering Service (Gramin Yantriki Sewa) Raipur District Raipur (C.G.) 4. Executive Engineer Rural Engineering Service (Gramin Yantriki Sewa) Division Mahasamund District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 5. Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Raipur Division District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. F.S. Khare, Advocate. For Respondents/State : Mr. Shahil Singh, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 03/09/2026 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for following relief:- “10.1 That this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2026.09.03 16:51:06 +0530 2 allow the writ petition and be pleased to direct the respondents to remove the anomaly accord in the service of petitioner. 10.2 That, the Hon'ble Curt 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 petitioners from their initial date of appointment. 10.3 That, if the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper be pleased to dispose of this writ petition granting same relief of making fresh representation to the competent authority, which is granted in W.P.S. No. 5405/2026 disposed of on 17.07.2026 (P/2). 10.4 That, this Hon'ble court may kindly be call for the records for its kind perusal which relates to petitioner's matter. 10.5 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 petitioner 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 Notification dated 14.10.1992 (which was 3 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 of. SD/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Jyoti