1 CGHC010353632026 2026:CGHC:39780 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6668 of 2026 1 - Govind Prasad Sao S/o Late Shri Dallu Ram Sao Aged About 66 Years Presently Retired From The Post Of Time Keeper Office Of Executive Engineer, RES Division Baloda Bazar District- Baloda Bazar Bhatapara (C.G.) 2 - Chitram Pali S/o Late Shri Bhagwani Ram Pali Aged About 65 Years Presently Retired From The Post Of Time Keeper Office Of Executive Engineer RES Division Baikunthpur District- Koriya (C.G.) 3 - Ratan Singh Thakur S/o Late Trilok Singh Aged About 66 Years Presently Retired From The Post Of Time Keeper Office Of Executive Engineer RES Division Baloda Bazar District- Baloda Bazar Bhatapara (C.G.) 4 - Narayan Prasad Jaisawal S/o Late Sudhuram Jaisawal Aged About 67 Years Presently Retired From The Post Of Time Keeper Office Of Executive Engineer RES Division Janjgir District Janjgir Champa (C.G.) 5 - Krishna Chand Patel S/o Late Shri Kedarnath Patel Aged About 70 Years Presently Retired From The Post Of Time Keeper Office Of Executive Engineer RES Division Janjgir- District Janjgir Champa (C.G.) 6 - Shatrughan Lal Rathore S/o Late Shri Bhagwat Prasad Rathore SOURABH BHILWAR Digitally signed by SOURABH BHILWAR Date: 2026.09.11 18:07:10 +0530 2 Aged About 65 Years Presently Retired From The Post Of Time Keeper Office Of Executive Engineer RES Division Korba District Korba (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Development Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Rural Engineering Services Vikas Bhawan Sector- 19 Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Rural Engineering Services Vikas Bhawan Sector- 19 Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Superintendent Engineer Rural Engineering Service Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer RES Division Janjgir District Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer RES Division Baloda Bazar District Baloda Bazar Bhatapara (C.G.) 7 - Executive Engineer RES Division Koriya District- Koriya (C.G.) 8 - Joint Director Accounts Treasury And Pension Bilaspur Division District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sourabh Sahu, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Ms. Akanksha Verma, Panel Lawyer 3 Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 11/09/2026 1. The petitioners have filled this petition seeking the following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the records pertaining to the case of petitioners. 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue writ/order/direction to the respondent authorities to grant the benefits of higher pay scale to the in- service petitioners, revise the pension of the retired petitioners as per the Gazette Notification dated 14/10/1982. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue writ/order/direction to the respondent authorities to pay arrears of salary and pension to the petitioners. 10.4 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue to the respondent writ/order/direction authorities to remove the anomaly occurred in the service of the petitioners. 10.5 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue writ/order/direction similar to the order dated 17/07/2026 passed in WPS No. 5405 of 2026 directing the respondent authorities to consider and decide the fresh representation in the light of the gazette notification dated 14.10.1982 expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a certified copy of this order. 4 10.6 Any other relief(s)/ order(s)/ direction(s) in favor of petitioners, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice.” 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 their pay scale in accordance with the 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 employees 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 5 petitioners file a fresh representation, the State will consider their case in light of the notification as mentioned 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 $. Bhilwar