-1- 2026:CGHC:16062 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3093 of 2026 1 - Dikeshwar Singh S/o Shri Gautam Singh Aged About 32 Years (Posted As Sipahi, Office Of Collector, Jagdalpur, Mineral Branch, District- Bastar) R/o Village Bharda Post Bharda, Tehsil Dondi Lohara, District- Balod (C.G.) 2 - Khileshwar Dhruv S/o Shri Ashok Dhruv Aged About 31 Years (Posted As Sipahi , Office Of Collector, Gariyaband Mineral Branch, District- Gariyaband R/o Village Arjuni, Post Demar, Tehsil And District- Dhamtari (C.G.) 3 - Devendra Sahu S/o Shri Brijlal Sahu Aged About 31 Years (Posted As Sipahi , Office Of Collector, Surajpur Mineral Branch District- Surajpur) R/o Village Kolar, Post Abhanpur, Tehsil Abhanpur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Mineral Resources, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Under Secretary, Department Of Mineral Resources, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Special Secretary, Department Of Mineral Resources, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Director, Directorate Of Geology And Mining Block - D, 1st And 2nd Floor, Indrawati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) … Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Chitendra Singh, Advocate. For Respondent/State : Mr. Gary Mukhopadhyay, Addl. A.G. Hon'ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem Sahu Order on Board 08 /04/2026 1. Petitioners have filed this writ petition, seeking following reliefs:- -2- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent authorities consider the issue/demands raised as per the representation dated 19.06.2019 made before Respondent no.4,on which initiative was taken by Respondent No.4 as per Annexure P/3 Communication dated 23/09/2019 and further recommendation as per Annexure P/4 and Annexure P/5. Which is still pending before Respondent No.1 (Secretary, Department of Mineral Resources) within stipulated time period. 10.2 Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favour of the petitioner together with cost of the petition..” 2. Learned counsels for petitioners submit that petitioners pursuant to the advertisement dated 02.05.2013 were appointed on the post of Sipahi (Class-IV) vide appointment order dated 21.04.2015 and since then they are working on the said post. After completion of requisite period of service, when petitioners approached to the authorities for constitution of Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for conducting meeting and consideration of candidature of name of petitioners for promotion, it was informed that no promotional avenue is available for the post of Sipahi (Class-IV) under the Chhattisgarh (Geology and Mining Class-IV Service) Recruitment Rules, 2008. Pursuant to the repetitive demands made by the petitioner and other similar situated employees, Respondent No. 4 ie., Director, Directorate of Geology & Mining has made communication with Respondent No. 3 ie, Special Secretary, Department of Mineral Resources on 23.09.2019. Subsequently, demand of petitioners was forwarded to Respondent No. 2, ie., Under Secretary, Department of Mineral Resources who put certain queries, upon which further correspondence was made to Respondent No. 2 and thereafter Respondent No. 2 has processed the claim of petitioners with all relevant documents to Respondent No. 1 ie., Secretary, Department of Mineral Resources, Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 05.09.2023 and since -3- then it is pending consideration before Respondent No. 1. It is also contention of learned counsel for petitioners that Respondent No. 4 in its letter has in fact made request to the authorities for removing the pay disparity and creating promotional post, which shows that action is to be taken at the end of Respondent no. 1 3. Learned State counsel submits that reply has been filed wherein pleadings made in the writ petition to the extent that the claim of petitioners has been forwarded to the higher authorities and pending before Respondent No. 1, has not been disputed. He submits that as of now claim of petitioner is pending consideration before Respondent No. 1. 4. Claim of petitioner is that promotional avenue is not available to the petitioners and further there is disparity in pay, which is to be considered at the end of the State i.e. Respondent No.1. Proceedings in this regard has also been forwarded by Respondent No. 4 through Respondent no. 2, to Respondent No. 1 in the year 2023 and since last about two and a half year it is pending consideration in the office of Respondent No.1. 5. In the aforementioned facts of the case, I find it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition directing Respondent No. 1 to consider the proceeding forwarded by Respondent No. 4 through Respondent No. 2 mentioning that there is disparity in pay and need for creation of promotional post and correction of name of post, at the earliest. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Jyoti