-1- 2026:CGHC:17070 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3248 of 2026 1 - Devdutt Roy S/o Late S.K. Roy, Aged About 65 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o-Ward No. 24 Boirdadar Tahsil And District Raigarh (C.G.) 2 - Vijay Kumar Mishra S/o Late Shivnath Mishra Aged About 69 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o H.N. 69 Ward No. 14 Baikunthpur Near Mahavir Chowk Tahsil And District Raigarh (C.G.) 3 - Indrajit Patnayak S/o Late Shrihari Patnayak, Aged About 69 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Village Mudgaon Lailunga Tahsil Lailunga District Raigarh (C.G.) 4 - Narsingh Prasad Sao S/o Late Puniram Sao Aged About 70 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Tamnar (Sodipara) Tahsil Tamnar And District Raigarh (C.G.) 5 - Balrikim Ram Chakradhari (B.R. Chakradhari) S/o Naihar Sai Chakradhari, Aged About 70 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (E And M) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o H.N. 253 Ward No. 29 Panjri Plant Chakradhar Nagar District Raigarh (C.G.) 6 - Hem Kumar Sao S/o Late Kedarnath Sao, Aged About 61 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o H.N. 83 Ward No. 06, Bedebhandar Tahsil Pussour District Raigarh (C.G.) 7 - Venudhar Das Vaishnav (B.D. Vaishnav) S/o Late Ganesh Das Vaishnav, Aged About 55 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Village And Post Tamnar (Bazarpara) Tahsil Tamnar District Raigarh (C.G.) 8 - Sitaram Bairagi S/o Late Brijmohan Bairagi, Aged About 56 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Digitally signed by JYOTI JHA Date: 2026.04.16 13:19:59 +0530 -2- Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Ward No. 17 H.N. 261 Mahapalli Loing Tahsil District Raigarh (C.G.) 9 - Sundeep Bhadra S/o Late L.N. Bhadra, Aged About 53 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o H.N. 740 Ward No. 28 Chhote Atarmuda Chakradhar Nagar Tahsil District Raigarh (C.G.) 10 - Minketan Yadav S/o Late Ganesh Ram Yadav Aged About 56 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Malipara Kotrapali Tahsil District Raigarh (C.G.) 11 - Jaiprakash Sahu S/olate Samaru Lal Sahu, Aged About 58 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Village And Post Tamnar (India Nagar) Tahsil Tamnar District Raigarh (C.G.) 12 - Resham Lal Sao S/o Late Anant Ram Sao, Aged About 45 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Mitthumuda Rajiv Gandhi Nagar Ward No. 37 Tahsil District Raigarh (C.G.) 13 - Smt. Pushpa Singh W/o Late Dharmendra Singh Aged About 58 Years Working As Sthal Sahayak Posted At Pwd (B/r) Sub Division Raigarh, Public Works Department District Raigarh (C.G.) R/o Ward No. 24 H.N. 20/1 Beladula Pipe Ghat, Indra Chowk Tahsil And District Raigarh (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh. Through Secretary, Public Works Department Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar New Raipur District-Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief, Public Works , Department Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Bilaspur Mandal, District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Superintending Engineer Public Works Department Bilaspur Mandal, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer, Public Works Department Division Raigarh District Raigarh (C.G.) 6 - Chief Engineer (E And M) Public Works Department , Bilaspur Mandal District-Bilaspur (C.G.) 7 - Superintending Engineer (E And M)public Works Department, Bilaspur Mandal, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 8 - Executive Engineer(E And M) Public Works Department Division Bilaspur District Bilspur (C.G.) -3- 9 - Joint Director, Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division, District Bilaspur (C.G.) … Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. F.S. Khare, Advocate. For Respondent/State : Mr. Hariom Rai, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem Sahu Order on Board 15 /04/2026 1. The petitioners have filed this petition seeking the following relief(s): 10.1. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow the writ petition and be pleased to direct the respondents to remove the anomaly accord in the service of petitioners. 10.2. The Hon'ble Court 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 his initial date of appointment. 10.3. The if 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 WPS No. 765/2025 disposed of on 15.01.2026 (Annexure P/11) 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. The Hon'ble Court may grant any other relief as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the nature and circumstances of the present 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 -4- 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 petitioner’s husband for revision of 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 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 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, permitting the petitioners to submit fresh comprehensive representation before concerned authorities and if, such representation is submitted, the concerned authority shall consider and take decision on the representation in light of the notification and the decision as referred above in accordance with law, expeditiously within a further period of 6 months from the date of receipt of representation. 5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the writ petition stands finally disposed of. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Jyoti