1 2026:CGHC:14167 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CONT No. 391 of 2026 1 - Sajid Khan Qureshi S/o Late Anwar Qureshi Aged About 39 Years Posted As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) Government Primary School, Gadaghat, Block Mahasamund, District Mahasamund R/o Ward No.11, Dabrapara, Bhagbahara District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh, ... Petitioner Versus 1 - Siddhart Komal Pardeshi Presently Posted As Secretary Department Of School Education, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, District Raipur Chhattisgarh, 2 - Niharika Barik Singh Presently Posted As Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahtralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh, 3 - Rituraj Raghuvanshi Presently Posted As Director, Directorate Of Chhattisgarh State Audit Fund Audit Raipur, District- Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Vijay Lahre Presently Posted As District- Educaiton Officer District- Mahasamund Chhattisgarh 5 - Manharan Lal Mandavi Presently Posted As Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat Bhagbahara , District- Mahasamund Chhattisgarh 6 - K.K. Verma Presently Posted As Block Education Officer Bhagbahara District- Mahasamund Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Waquar Naiyer, Advocate 2 SB: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 25/03/2026 1. This contempt petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 215 of the Constitution of India under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 alleging willful non-compliance of the order dated 04.08.2025 passed by this Court in WP(S) No. 1021/2021. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is challenging the order passed by the Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Mahasamund. The order of the Chief Executive Officer has been quashed and therefore, the respondents are having no other way to grant relief as prayed for by the petitioner as granted in case the case of Sona Sahu Vs. State of Chhattisgarh, in W.A. No. 261 of 2023 decided vide order dated 28.02.2024. In support of contention, he read over para 6 to 8 of the order. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the order subject matter of contempt petition. 4. The operative part of the order dated 04.08.2025 passed in WP (S) No. 1021/2021 is extracted below for ready reference:- “6. Taking into consideration the decision of the Hon'ble Division Bench in Smt. Sona Sahu (supra), the orders dated 15.01.2021 and 27.01.2021 (Annexure P/1), passed by the Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Bagbhra, District Mahasamund, are hereby quashed. 7. The petitioners are directed to make a fresh representation before the concerned respondent authorities, and same would be considered in the light of the judgment rendered in Smt. Sona Sahu (supra). 8. With the aforesaid observation(s) and direction(s), WPS No. 1021/2021, WPS/1884/2021, WPS/1707/2021, WPS/3337/2021, and WPS/3338/2021, are allowed & stand disposed of..” 5. Perusal of the above extracted operative portion of the order would show that 3 while quashing the order dated 15.01.2021 and 27.01.2021 (Annexure P/1) therein, the Court has issued a direction to petitioner to make fresh representation to the concerned respondent authorities and the same would be considered in light of the judgment rendered in the case of Smt. Sona Sahu (Supra). The aforementioned portion of the order passed in the writ petition would reveal that the Court has not issued direction granting the relief as prayed by the petitioner but directed to submit representation. Subsequently, the representation submitted by the petitioner was considered by the Director, Directorate of Public Instructions and it was rejected on 19.09.2025. In the operative part of the order, the writ petition number filed by the petitioner is also mentioned as WP (S) No. 1021/2021. 6. In the aforementioned facts of the case where, the petitioner as of now is an employee of the School Education Department and the Director, Directorate of Public Instructions has considered the representations submitted by the petitioner and had rejected the same, I am of the view that the respondent authority has complied with the direction issued by the Court while considering the representation submitted by the petitioner had rejected the same by detailed order and therefore, I do not find any good ground to proceed further in this contempt petition. Accordingly, the contempt petition is dismissed. Certified copy as per rules. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Dey SHUBHAM DEY Digitally signed by SHUBHAM DEY