1 2026:CGHC:6215 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1335 of 2026 1 - Naresh Kumar Dewangan S/o Pyarelal Dewangan, Aged About 35 Years Working As Data Entry Operator At Janpad Panchayat Baloda, District Janjgir Champa (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Panchayat And Rural Development Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur C.G. 2 - Joint Director, Panchayat, Directorate, Indrawati Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Deputy Director, Panchayat, Zila Panchayat Janjgir Champa (C.G.) 4 - Collector Janjgir Champa, District Janjgir Champa (C.G.) 5 - Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Janjgir- Champa, District Janjgir Champa (C.G.) 6 - Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Baloda, District Janjgir Champa (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. C.J.K. Rao, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mrs. Diksha Gouraha, Dy. Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 04/02/2026 1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs. “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct Respondent Authorities to consider the petitioner claim for regularization and further direct the 2 respondents to provide the benefit of regular pay scale to the petitioner.. 10.2 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief as it may deems fit and appropriate.” 2. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner is appointed as Data Entry Operator at Janpad Panchayat Baloda, District Janjgir- Champa on daily wage basis. Since, the initial engagement, petitioner is continuously working on the said post on daily wage basis and as of now petitioner has completed more than 15 years as daily wage employee. He further contended that in view of his long engagement in service, petitioner is also entitled for his consideration to be regularized on the post, on which, he is working since last more than about 15 years. He, however, submits that at this stage he may be permitted to submit a fresh representation before the authorities and in turn they be directed to take decision on the representation expeditiously thereafter. 3. Learned State counsel submits that as petitioner is not pressing this writ petition on merits and is only seeking permission to submit representation to be considered by authorities, he is having no objection to the limited prayer. 4. Considered the submission of counsel for the parties. Claim as raised by the petitioner in this writ petition is that he is continuously engaged as daily wage employee since 2011. Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of Narendra Kumar Tiwari & Others Versus State of Jharkhand & Others reported in SCC (L&S) 2018 (2) 472 considered the issue of regularization of temporary/daily wages employees, who had completed 10 years of service. Further, Hon’ble Supreme Court in 3 case of Jaggo Versus Union of India reported in (2024) SCC Online SC 3826 has further observed that the government departments to lead by example in providing fair and stable employment. Engaging workers on a temporary basis for extended periods, especially when their roles are integral to the organization’s functioning, not only contravenes international labour standards but also exposes the organization to legal challenges and undermines employee morale. This writ petition at this stage is disposed permitting the petitioner to submit comprehensive representation before the respondents No. 2 to 6, and if, such a representation is submitted, the concerned authority shall consider and take decision on the representation in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a further period of 04 months from the date of receipt of representation.. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) JUDGE Balram