1 CGHC010327582026 2026:CGHC:38964 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CONT No. 1245 of 2026 Dushyant Kumar Sharma S/o Shri Sharda Prasad Dubey Aged About 73 Years Retired Principal Dau, R.P. National Higher School Durg (C.G.) R/o Bramhanpara Durg District Durg (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus Jagjeet Dheer District Education Officer, Durg District Durg (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Manish Upadhyay, Advocate Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 03.09.2026 1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the order passed by this Court, which was based upon the decision rendered by this Court in Ambika Mission Boys Middle School, Ambikapur Vs. State of C.G. & Ors., dated 06.03.2020 passed in WPL No. 223/2017, was challenged by SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2026.09.03 15:25:55 +0530 2 the State in a writ appeal, wherein the said order was subsequently set aside. It is, therefore, submitted that the representation submitted by the petitioner vide Annexure C/3 appears to have been disposed of on the basis of the observations made by this Court in the said writ appeal. 2. In view of the aforesaid submission, no case of contempt is made out. However, the petitioner shall be at liberty to approach the appropriate forum for claiming gratuity as available to him. 3. Accordingly, the contempt petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) JUDGE shoaib