1 2026:CGHC:16536 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3144 of 2026 1 - Dinesh Kumar Anant S/o Shri Sewak Ram Anant Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Pre Metric Schedule Caste Boys Hostel, No. 03 Sarangarh, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 2 - Nagendra Pratap Koshley S/o Shri Reshamlal Koshley Aged About 47 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Adarsh Schedule Caste Boys Ashram Pindari, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 3 - Ghasiyaram Ogre S/o Late Firangi Ram Ogre Aged About 50 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Boys Ashram Malda-A, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 4 - Shashi Bhushan Manhar S/o Shri Sakharam Manhar Aged About 32 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Government Boys Hostel,mandhaibhata, Block Bilaigarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 5 - Motiyan Nirala S/o Late Dujeram Nirala Aged About 49 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Boys Hostel, Koshir, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 6 - Smt. Maryam Kurre W/o Shri Sattuki Kurre Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Pre Metric Schedule Caste Girls Hostel, Godam, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 7 - Smt. Sahodra Jatwar W/o Shri Vinod Jatwar Aged About 36 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Pre Metric Schedule Caste Girls Hostel, Ulkhar, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 8 - Ambika Prashad Chouhan S/o Shri Nanhu Ram Chaouhan Aged RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2026.04.16 12:11:02 +0530 2 About 52 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Boys Ashram, Katekoni, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 9 - Sahde Soni S/o Shri Tijram Soni Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Boys Ashram, Basinbarhra, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 10 - Chhatram Lahre S/o Late Harvansh Lahre Aged About 34 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Boys Ashram, Malda-A, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 11 - Smt. Geeta Bharti W/o Shri Shambhu Narayan Bharti Aged About 36 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Girls Ashram, Malda-A, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 12 - Lakshmi Kant Densena S/o Shri Lochan Prashad Dansena Aged About 34 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Boys Ashram, Pindrari, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 13 - Amarnath Basant S/o Shri Prem Lal Basant Aged About 37 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Boys Ashram, Pindri, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 14 - Tansingh Jolhe S/o Late Satanand Jolhe Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Pre Metric Schedule Caste Boys Ashram, No. 3, Sarangarh, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 15 - Smt. Chameli Kurre W/o Shri Jay Kumar Kurre Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Girls Hostel, Bhedwan, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 16 - Smt. Sulochana Kurre W/o Shri Heamant Kumar Kurre Aged About 32 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Pre Metric Tribal Girls Hostel, Kedar, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 17 - Tulsi Chouhan D/o Shri Tribhuwan Chouhan Aged About 45 Years Presently Posted As Peon At Schedule Caste Girls Hostal, Sarangarh, Block Sarangarh, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) ... Petitioner(s) versus 3 1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Tribal Welfare, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur (Cg) 2 - The Commissioner Scheduled Tribe And Scheduled Caste Welfare Department Chhattisgarh, Raipur (Cg) 3 - The Collector District Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 4 - Joint Director Bilaspur Division, Accounts And Pension Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (Cg) 5 - The Assistant Commissioner Tribal Welfare Department, District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) 6 - The District Tresurer District- Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (Cg) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from CIS) For Petitioners : Mr. Roop Ram Naik, Advocate For Respondents-State : Ms. Shakshi Bajpayee, Panel Lawyer SB: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 10/04/2026 1. Petitioners have filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs:- “10.1. That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of Mandamus, directing the Respondents authority to grant/provide the benefit of the Revised Pay Scale to the petitioners after completion of 3 years of service, as per the policy and in view of the affidavit submitted by the Respondent State Authority in W.A. No. 481/2015. 10.2That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the Respondents Authority to calculate and pay the entire 4 arrears of salary and other consequential benefits (including Dearness Allowance) arising from the revision of pay scale, from the date of entitlement to the date of actual payment. 10.3That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue direct the Respondents Authority to pay interest at the rate of 12% per annum on the total amount of arrears due to the petitioners, calculated from the date they became eligible until the date of actual realization. 10.4That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to pass any appropriate orders/ directions in favour of the petitioners looking to the facts and circumstances of the case.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submit that the petitioners were appointed as Work-charged Contingency Paid Class IV employees. The description of appointment, date of joining and date of completion of 3 years is mentioned in para 8.14 of writ petition. He contended that pursuant to the order passed by High Court in WA. No. 481/2015 (Prakash Dansena & Ors. Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.) dated 03.10.2018, respondent authorities have granted time bound pay scale to the similarly situated employees vide order dated 20.09.2021. Though the petitioners are also getting the benefits of the revised pay scale, however, they have not been given the arrears of the revised pay scale since the date when, petitioners became entitle for the revised pay scale. He submits that petitioners at this stage may be permitted to submit a representation before the respondent 5 No.5 and the concerned respondent may be directed to consider and to take decision at the earliest within a specific time frame. 3. Learned counsel for the State submits that as petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking the permission to submit representations to be decided by respondent No.5, he is having no objection to the limited prayer. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the respective parties and perused the documents placed on record. 5. On due consideration on the submission of learned counsel for the respective parties, facts and circumstances of the case, nature of grievance raised in this writ petition, without entering into the merits of the claim of the petitioners this writ petition at this stage is disposed of permitting petitioners to submit fresh comprehensive representation along with all supporting documents before respondent No.5 and if such representations is/are submitted, the respondent No.5 shall consider and take decision(s) on the same in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within further period of 04 months from the date of receipt of representation. It is ordered accordingly. 6. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Ravi Mandavi